08x03 - By Duty Bound

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♪ 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, whoa ♪

♪ 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 ♪

( Band plays mellow jazz )

How long do you reckon

We have to stay at this thing?

Oh, we just got here.

Yeah, well,

I've already had enough.

Where is your sense

Of civic pride?

It ran away whimpering.

Oh, honey.

This is a perfect day

For fishin',

And here we are

At a hot air marathon.

Well, you promised,

So you're just gonna

Have to go through with it.

I know it.

Hey, hey!

Oh, hi!

Y'all remember corey?

Sure, I remember corey.

How could you forget

Little corey? How ya doin'?

Hi. Fine, thank you.

Hi, corey.

Hi.

Is hamp treatin' you

All right?

Well...i'm glad

You introduced us.

And so am i.

Bill, how'd she

Get you out here?

I'm fixin'

To buy a boat,

So I have to be

On my best behavior.

( Chuckles )

I'm gonna go circulate.

Don't be too long

About it, please.

There's something else

About universal health care.

You're gonna have folks

Lining up for operations

Just because it's free.

You mean

When they're not sick?

People are gonna

Get operations just

Because it's free?!

I don't think so.

Oh, yeah, grover.

People'll do that.

Oh. Hi, harriet.

Holly. Grover.

Everyone.

I don't think

You've met kerry madigan.

Madigan wholesale.

No, I haven't.

Harriet delong.

I've heard quite a lot

About you.

I hope not all

From holly.

Very little

From holly.

How do you like bein' married

To a county sheriff?

Well, I like the one

I'm married to.

Great. Glad to see things

Are going so well for you.

Say, harriet, do you have

A little bon mot

For the herald?

A caption for

This charming event?

I'm workin' you.

Why, preston, sure.

Let's see...what about,

"Taxpayers throw party for

The well-heeled--why?"

Stirs up resentment--

I like that.

Well, I don't.

Talk to you later.

I see what you mean. Wow.

And with gillespie

Doing what she tells him,

She's running

The whole damn county.

Are you gonna help us

Change that or not?

I'm not gonna

Listen to this.

Why not?

You're the press,

Ain't ya?

The impartial press.

Oh, ridiculous.

You can't stand gillespie

Any more than the rest of us.

Are you gonna

Announce formally?

Why not?

Gillespie's fair game.

Great! All right,

A toast, then.

To the future sheriff

Of newman county...

Our friend, kerry madigan.

Cheers.

Whoo! Look at me!

( Rock music blares,

Crowd shouting )

A-whoo!

Hey, trace.

All right, jimmy!

You're a regular

Roy rogers, ain't ya?

Roy who?

( Pager beeping )

The bossman.

You keep these losers

From bothering trace, okay?

Sure, frankie.

Wanna dance?

I dunno.

Come on!

Yeah?

Mr. Madigan,

This is cole.

Yeah, cole.

Make it tomorrow night,

Not thursday.

I'm all set

For thursday.

Well, get un-set.

Tomorrow night, okay?

Yes, sir.

You're the boss.

Got a minute?

Did you just see me

Come in?

Uh-huh.

Then you must have seen

My wife's with me.

Uh-huh.

You stay away from me,

Will ya?

I just need a minute.

Good morning, parker.

Good morning,

Chief forbes.

What treasures

Did the night bring us?

A peepin' tom.

Turned out to be

A raccoon.

You know, I had one

As a pet when I was

Ten years old.

Cute little fella,

Too.

Okay.

That's the good news,

Parker.

What about now?

Well, uh,

Attempted m*rder,

Two aggravated assaults

And a street holdup,

With no suspect yet

On the holdup.

Mornin', chief.

What did you do

With those

Other suspects?

The assaults we had to

Put over with the county,

And the attempted m*rder

Is in a holding cell

Down under

The courthouse.

Jamison: chief.

Preston donner

Is waiting.

In my office?

He made an appointment.

You're right.

Mornin', preston.

Mornin', chief.

Can I get you

Some more coffee?

The lieutenant

Just got it.

So, when do you figure

On bein' chief, son?

I don't.

Indian tilly told me it wasn't

In my future, mr. Donner.

( Chuckles )

What can I do for you?

Well, you all know

That crime is

The number one concern

These days--

So you tell us

In the herald.

And the herald is doing

A special feature

On law enforcement--

A frank, hard look

At performance here.

My performance?

No, not yours.

But there's a lot of people

Unhappy about the sheriff.

So we have to

Look at that.

He's the best cop

I ever worked with.

Will you excuse me,

Chief?

That does not

Answer my question.

Can I speak entirely

On the record?

Of course you can.

I know your style,

Donner.

I know you're tryin'

To do a hatchet job

On gillespie.

And I don't like it.

Well, I'm sorry

You feel that way.

Can you take that out

With you?

I said rare, remember.

Oh, I still got

The bruise, honey.

Don't worry,

I ain't forgot.

Here.

What's she doin' here?

She knows I ain't got

Her money for them smokes.

If she don't,

I'll tell her.

Ha ha ha!

Lookit.

Ha ha ha!

Whoa. Bummer, girlfriend.

No! It's great!

Karen, I want a baby.

I've always wanted one.

Karen: you want

Your head examined.

You go to jackson,

You take care of it.

No way!

I'm havin' the baby.

I've made my mind up.

Well, it is

A free country.

You know,

You're wrong

About frank.

I know he's

Gonna help out.

Sorry I don't

Have your money.

You can give it to me later.

That woman is insane.

I know it.

( Coins jingle )

( Dialing )

Loudspeaker: personal call

For frank cole, line three.

Frank cole, line three.

This is cole.

Frank? It's me.

I told you, beep me.

Don't call me here.

I'm just so excited.

I have to see you tonight.

Well, I want to see you too,

Honey, but I'm busy tonight.

Frank, I'm pregnant.

We're pregnant!

Okay.

Foreman to dock two.

Foreman to dock two.

I got to go now.

Frank,

When you get off?

When can I see you?

Beep me tomorrow.

Bye-bye.

Sounds to me like

You're gettin' a little

On the side.

Well, if I was,

I sure wouldn't want it

Gettin' around.

Better not.

If you're gonna be

My chief deputy,

You gotta be a fine,

Upstanding citizen

Like myself.

I'm workin' real hard

On it, mr. Madigan.

So, how many cases

You planning on boosting?

Thirty.

And two for me

Make thirty-two, right?

Only two?

My needs are modest.

What's it like

Out there tonight?

Should be good for you

Now that we

Dealt with everything.

Parker: whoa, whoa.

Not quite everything.

The evening shift

Closed out all incidents

Except for a disturbance

Out at the flats.

Hmm, the ramirez residence.

Well, we've

Been there before.

You ready?

Always a fun way

To start a shift--

Preventin' a m*rder

In a household.

Mm-hmm.

Man: estoy cansado de

Explicartelo, maria.

Sea razonable--

Nunca, nunca,

Nunca me dejas en paz!

Ya no te aguanto mas, hector!

Hemos terminado.

Largate, y no vuelvas.

A mi no me importa

Un pleo si regresas o no.

Maria, shh!

Tome solo unas bebidas!

Sea razonable!

Okay, what's happening here?

He's drunk again.

I had a few drinks.

She's crazy!

He's a liar!

( Door slams )

I'm sorry for the trouble.

No trouble.

What you gonna do?

Well, this has

Happened before.

I have somewhere to stay.

You okay to ride, sir?

We can give you a lift.

I'm fine. Gracias, really.

Okay.

Think he'll be okay?

Well, if he falls,

He ain't far from the ground.

( Both laugh )

It's hector.

What the hell's

He doing here?

Hey, hector!

How you doin', man?

Mr. Cole, I'm sorry.

You know my wife maria,

She's crazy.

She threw me out again.

Yeah, well, you ain't supposed

To be out here at night.

Yeah, I know,

I was just gonna sleep

On the dock till worktime.

But, uh, I'll--

I'll go now.

Hell, no, come on.

Let's hang out.

Okay.

This here is a situation.

What are we gonna do?!

So, how come

You're working

So late?

We're just doin'

What we're told.

Mr. Madigan

Told you to do this?

Yeah.

You got a problem

With that?

Maybe.

You're stealing

These cigarettes,

And mr. Madigan,

He don't mind?

What's it to ya, hec?

Gonna do something

About it?

Me?

Oh, no.

Ooh.

He dead?

Not far from it.

Grab his arms.

Let's put him

In the truck.

I got him.

Go get the bike.

Where we gonna

Take him?

To that place where he had

His unfortunate accident.

Start the truck up.

( Starts engine )

This baby'll do fifty,

Sheriff.

You'll be the king

Of lake winahatchie.

Fifty?!

You mean knots

Or miles an hour?

Knots. She'll do sixty

With the custom prop.

What kind of lake fishin'

Needs pursuin' at sixty knots?

( Chuckling )

Good question.

We'd better concentrate

On these pontoons over here.

They're real slow.

I know it,

But that's all right, slow.

I'm gonna have

Plenty of time on my hands.

I think this is

A handsome vessel.

I kinda like this,

It's like a floating patio.

See, you could fish,

I could read my book--

This works.

Sure, and you could

Cook the fish

On a little gas grill

I'll put in the stern

For ya there.

If you clean it first.

Fine.

You thinkin' about retiring,

Sheriff?

Well, most people do

Sooner or later, don't they?

Yeah, but you

Only been sheriff

For a year.

Everybody knows he was just

Finishing out mccomb's term.

That term is up.

Maybe I can get

Some rest now--

Maybe.

Yeah, maybe.

( Pager beeps )

Excuse me.

Oh, this is chief forbes

Callin' me.

We're gonna have to

Cut this thing short.

Gillespie: I wanna come back

And have a test drive.

Well, you just

Let me know when.

Fine.

Ten a.m. Tuesday.

Sheriff gillespie

Goofing off in the boatyard.

Possible caption:

"Bad guys can relax.

Sheriff gillespie does."

( Monitor beeping )

( Crying )

Hey, bill, chris.

I've sent for

The priest.

Well, this is a shame.

Jamison:

Hit and run.

School bus driver

Found him on jackson highway.

Happened sometime

Last night.

We only got him

An hour ago.

You mean if you'd

Got him earlier,

Might have

Made a difference?

Lord knows.

We're not a trauma center,

But he mighta had a chance.

( Monitor flatlines )

( Crying )

Ekg tech to o.r.

Ekg tech to o.r., Please.

The man just d*ed.

Somebody just

Ran him off the road

And left him there?

Yes, sir.

Looks like.

The d.a. Might call this

Felony manslaughter,

But leavin' a man like that

Is m*rder, plain and simple.

I agree with you.

We oughta be able

To find paint chips

Or something to help us

Identify that car.

I'll see

What I can do.

If you work up

That incident report,

Will you fax a copy

Over to my office?

Yes, sir.

Well, mornin',

Mr. Madigan.

Takin' an early lunch?

No, sir, I just

Left something in my car.

You overdid it again.

I did like you said.

You're takin' away

Too much,

I can't get a write-off

For that much pilferage.

Well, then don't take

That big a write-off.

Then it don't pay me

To let you steal.

I'm givin' you back

Twenty percent of what I make,

So you got that,

Plus the insurance.

Plus a write-off.

Ain't that enough?

No.

( Dialing car phone )

Hey, sugar.

Frank, I really need

To talk to you.

How in the hell

Did this happen?

Well, you oughta know, frank,

You wouldn't wear anything.

Look, I got work to do.

I'll see you later.

When can I see you

And really be alone with you?

We gotta talk!

Uh, nine o'clock

At the lake.

Fine.

Damnit all to hell.

So, what'd he say?

He didn't like it.

Did you tell

You want to keep the baby?

You're wrong about him,

Karen.

And when you gonna pay me

For them smokes?

Hey, you know

We're good for it.

Ted: hey, harriet.

How ya doin'?

Fine, how are you?

I'm fine. You ready

For some fun and games?

Well, I'm ready

For the whatever.

Do you know

What it is?

No, he didn't say,

But he had that tone

In his voice--you know.

I know it too well,

Unfortunately.

Holly:

Hello, harriet, ted.

Ted: hey, holly.

Hey, everybody.

Grover.

Hi.

Hello.

Harriet: so...

What's the secret topic?

Well, it's no secret

At all, harriet.

Sheriff mccomb's term is up.

And I'm sure we all hope

Gillespie will run

For a full term, right?

I think we hope that

The most qualified person

Will be the new sheriff.

Isn't what I just said,

Holly?

You know what

Gillespie's intentions are?

You know, pillow talk?

What has a county sheriff's

Intentions

Got to do with

This city council?

Well, we have

A very strong contender.

I'd like you all

To meet him-- consider

A council endorsement.

Now, who is this?

Kerry madigan.

Your buddy.

You know,

No one would expect you

To be objective, harriet...

Since you're married

To gillespie.

You dragged me over here

For this?

And you didn't even

Have the courtesy

To ask me-- or bill--

If he wanted to run!

Holly: well, I can't say

I'm surprised.

You know, you folks

Are gonna shine to kerry.

How fast do you reckon

The vehicle was movin'?

They were goin'

Pretty slow.

Slow, huh?

How can you tell?

By the debris pattern.

It indicates

The impact velocity.

( Sighs )

What does it look like?

Well, ramirez

Was hit from behind

By a vehicle goin'

No more than miles an hour.

Here.

These are good

Numbers, lonnie.

What do you think happened?

I don't know.

His light was on and working.

We checked the filament.

Any idea where he was going?

Well, the place he worked

Is a couple of miles back.

There's nothing out this way

Until marshallberg.

He lived in town.

Yes, sir.

Not yet.

Yeah.

Crappies.

Excuse me?

Oh--calico bass.

Hard to catch,

Easy to eat.

Pot roast.

You can catch some

Right here.

Easy to eat.

Oh! Oh, oh, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

And it smells wonderful, too.

Oh, look at this.

Um...i sense there's

Something botherin' you.

Well...

We had a city council

Meeting today.

That'll do it

Every time.

Holly and some

Of the others

Are pushing for

A new sheriff.

Well, sure.

They figure

I'm not gonna run,

And for once,

They're right.

They're pushing

For kerry madigan.

Uh-huh.

Oh, yeah,

The big wholesale guy.

Yeah.

Well, uh, i--

He might be good.

Why?

He doesn't have

Any experience.

He has no integrity.

He'd be terrible!

Well, uh...

Let's see if the voters

Agree with you.

I can't believe

You don't care.

Well, I might,

But so what?

You don't want me

To stay in there

Another term, do you?

No.

No.

Oh, this is purely delicious.

Yes, I'll have a biscuit.

There any gravy here?

Can't yo live

Without gravy?

( Chuckles )

Hey, jules,

What's happenin'?

Mmm...

You're late,

That's what's'

Happening.

I brung you

Some smokes.

No. I don't want none.

I gave 'em up.

Well, you can sell 'em.

I know that you sell 'em.

Ah, come on, sugar babe.

Frank, we gotta talk.

Awright, we can talk.

Do a little bump...

And you and I can chit-chat

From now to forever.

Frank!

What about our baby?

You wanna poison

Your own child?

You ain't thinkin'

About havin' it.

Of course I'm havin' it.

( Sniffs )

Well, you ain't makin' it now,

Except for what I give you.

How the hell are you

Gonna raise a child?

Well, you're just gonna

Have to give me more.

You're dreamin',

Honey.

I'll give you just enough

For an abortion.

Frank, you don't understand!

I'm havin' our child!

Oh, no, no. You see,

I already have a child--

With my wife.

This ain't our child.

This here is a mistake.

No, it ain't!

Look--why don't you beep me

When you come to your senses?

And I'll give you enough money

To get rid of it.

I believe

The state of mississippi

Will have something to say!

Are you threatening me

With a paternity suit?

That's exactly right.

And don't think I won't tell

About them smokes, neither.

Aaah!

Aaah! Damn you!

( Julie screaming )

( Starts car )

Arrggh!

( Revs engine )

Ha ha ha ha!

Whoo!

Ha ha!

Ha ha!

Ha ha!

Damn club!

It's bent or something.

It bends when you swing it,

Holly. It's supposed to.

I believe your game is

Actually getting worse.

Thank you, preston.

I can always depend

On the fourth estate

For an encouraging word.

Don't worry,

I'll keep it

Off of page one.

Preston:

All right, kerry!

Very nice!

That was winning form!

Holly: good sh*t!

So when are we

Gonna see something?

Soon. I got my ace girl

On gillespie.

Pity you couldn't do something

On mrs. Gillespie

Throwing a tantrum

In the council meeting.

I'd love to.

You just give me the word.

Can the council

Really endorse somebody?

They done it before.

'Cause if gillespie does run,

I'm gonna need that.

You know what

Would really help you?

Get chief forbes

Behind you.

Isn't he buddies

With gillespie?

Forbes is a good man

And he ain't in

Gillespie's pocket.

Holly: ha ha ha ha!

And you laughed at me!

Ha ha ha ha!

Good morning, everybody!

All right, parker--

What hapless female

Has fallen for those

Pleading eyes?

Is it that obvious?

Unfortunately.

Well, her name

Is melissa farmer,

And I met her

Line dancin' at tj's.

Didn't we just get

A parole report

On a farmer that just

Moved to the area?

What?!

Yeah.

What?

Hey, lieutenant.

We got that crime lab report

On that hit and run.

Thanks, doc.

Appreciate it.

Crime lab couldn't find

Any paint on the ramirez bike.

They're sayin' it was

Run over by a vehicle,

Not hit.

Doc robb says ramirez d*ed

Of blunt force to the skull.

No abrasions.

Injuries are consistent

With a fall, not a wreck.

So we've got ourselves

A m*rder

Pretending to be

An accident.

Lotta great options,

Sheriff.

Look at that there.

What is that?

That's a -dimensional sonar

For finding the fish.

Well, uh...

I guess I'd have to

Have that, huh?

Electric ice chest

For your beer.

Well, that's

A definite necessity.

You put horsepower

On here

And you could be

Water-skiing or tubing...

Tubing?

You sit down in an inner tube

And get towed by a rope.

Everybody's doing it!

I'm worried about you,

Barney.

All right, then.

What's your price?

I'll make you a sweet deal,

Sheriff, real sweet.

You just say a number.

Uh, over ten thousand.

( Chuckles )

( Camera shutter clicking )

Okay, it's : wednesday.

Caption:

"Your tax dollars at work."

I think we oughta

Be gettin' back now.

Hey, he wavin' at us?

Oh, that's willie arbuckle.

So it is.

What's up, willie?

Somethin' weird, sheriff.

Look what I hooked

Out here.

You gonna have to

Boil it good, willie!

Is that oil there?

Come and look

Through this thing

And tell me

What you see there.

It ain't a rock.

No...

It sure isn't.

( Dialing cell phone )

Thank you, willie.

Jimmy: man,

They on to something.

Just shut up, jimmy.

Let me handle this.

Make yourself busy.

That there ain't madigan,

That's frank cole.

But he's real tight

With madigan.

Well, just be

Your usual charming self.

Howdy, frank.

Hey. Parker, ain't it?

Yeah, that's right.

We met a few times

At tj's.

This here is

Lieutenant jamison.

Mr. Cole, were you

Mr. Ramirez's supervisor?

Yeah.

I'm just sick about this.

Hector was a good guy.

Do you have any idea

Why he was headed

Away from town

When he got hit?

Maybe he was lost,

Comin' out here.

His kind is partial

To the bottle, you know.

What do you mean

"His kind"?

Oh, you know--mexican.

Actually, he's from

San salvador.

Wherever.

You know what I mean.

Yeah, I know

What you mean.

Did he often

Come out here at night?

Only when his old lady

Got sick of him.

Like that night.

Mrs. Ramirez

Told you that?

No, he--he--

He mentioned he was

Havin' some problems,

So I just figured.

Okay, mr. Cole.

If you think of anything else,

Give me a call, will ya?

Will do.

See ya at tj's.

Take care, parker.

Man, they on to somethin'.

What'd they say?

What'd they say?

Man, this whole thing

Is very uncool.

What'd you have to

k*ll him for?

We had to k*ll him,

Boy. We.

You just remember that.

What kind of guy is he?

You know, when he's out,

Let's say, at tj's.

Loves to party.

All the time,

With everybody.

Is he married?

Yeah, she loves to party,

Too, with everybody.

Radio: yo, parker.

Go ahead, brenda.

The chief needs

Lieutenant jamison

Down at the lake.

Oh, not with

The dive gear.

And you need to

Pick up the dive gear.

Ha ha ha!

He's on his way.

You wouldn't believe

What's growin' in that lake.

( Starts car )

Charlie to

The foreman's office,

Charlie to

The foreman's office.

Frank!

Frank!

What's goin' on?

The cops were here

About ramirez.

Yeah?

What were they askin'?

Why he was out this way.

Come on down here.

Ramirez came here

That night, didn't he?

Maybe.

Don't you

Mess with me, frank!

He came here the night

You were loading the stuff,

Didn't he? What happened?

You don't want to know.

No. No.

Was he here?

He's cool.

Does he know?

He don't know nothin'.

Is he dumb?

Very dumb.

Dumb is dangerous.

Julia, you in there?

I got your damn money.

Julia!

Hey, karen!

What do you want?

Couple of packs

That's all.

You'll have to wait.

I'm out right now.

Okay, bring it in.

Jamison:

There's someone in there.

I think it's a woman.

Yeah, I was afraid of that.

Here's the tag.

Run this, please.

Right away,

Chief.

Is she in there alone,

I hope?

I think so.

We'll find out right now.

Did anyone call in

A missing person?

Do you think

This could be an accident?

I guess it could.

Julia lawrence,

Chief.

Lived over there

At shady glen.

You know her?

No.

But I know shady glen.

Oh, hello there

Mr. Madigan.

Chief forbes

Is expecting you.

Come on in.

Why thank you,

Sergeant, uh...

Shepard. Dee shepard.

Just dee really.

Dee? Ha! I always

Loved that name.

Well, thank you

Very much.

Mmm-hmm.

As soon as you're

Ready, doc.

Hmm.

Mr. Madigan.

Please.

Appreciate your time,

Chief.

That's what

I'm here for.

Is this about

Your employee,

Ramirez?

We're all really upset

About hector.

Can't believe somebody

Ran him down

And just drove on.

No, nor can i.

Did he have any problems

With anybody at work?

No, no. We're just

Like one big family.

There can be

Trouble in the

Best of families.

What are you

Driving at, chief?

You think somebody

Deliberately ran hector down?

Well, I have

To consider that.

Well...

If I knew anything,

Believe me,

I'd help you, chief.

But that's not

What I came in about.

Oh.

Put plainly,

I am gonna run.

Run.

For sheriff.

Oh.

Now I've got strong

Support in the city council.

In the business community.

And from just regular folk.

And I'm hopin'

To add your support.

Well, mr. Madigan,

A couple of things--

First, I try real hard

To stay out of politics.

Second, bill gillespie

Is a good friend of mine.

Oh, of course, of course.

But I hear he's not gonna run.

Well, he hasn't

Told me that.

I don't think

He'd want to run.

Not without support.

And besides, people are

Just plain tired of gillespie.

Well, sir,

If you run and become sheriff,

I look forward to a good

Professional relationship

With you.

In the meantime,

My office is always open.

Thanks for comin' in.

Well, i--

I guess that's fair enough.

Thanks for your time,

Chief.

Well, this must be

The place.

You lookin'

For julia?

You a friend of hers?

More like a neighbor.

She in some kind of trouble?

Dead.

Whoa. What happened?

Her car went into the lake.

Parker:

Excuse me, miss.

Do you know if she's

Got a key anywhere?

You don't need a key

To get into these things.

Thank you, ma'am.

Karen. Van--

Just karen.

Yes, ma'am.

Eww-whee!

Did she have

A boyfriend?

Yeah, I think so.

She wasn't exactly

House proud, was she?

Neither was

Her boyfriend.

Did her boyfriend

k*ll her?

Why should

Anybody k*ll her?

She just drive herself

Into the lake?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Well, lookie here.

And here.

That is a whole lot

Of cigarettes, isn't it?

Sure is.

Heck of a lot more

Than she'd ever use.

Karen, do you know

Who julia's boyfriend was?

Well, if she did have one,

He didn't come here.

I'd a known--

Ain't no secrets here.

Then you know why

She had all them

Cartons of cigarettes

In there, then.

No,

I think she just

Liked to smoke.

Thank you,

Karen.

( Starts car )

What's the deal?

Well, I reckon

Julia's boyfriend

Done her in.

You tell the cops anything?

Be right back.

Where you goin'?

Gonna get us

Some smokes.

Hey, doc.

Got a double homicide here.

Oh. She was pregnant.

How pregnant?

First trimester.

And you're sure

This was a homicide?

I believe she was

Unconscious when

Her car went off that dock.

She had a massive bruise

To the face.

Could this have been

Caused by impact?

Well, maybe,

But I doubt it.

It's all right here.

Hmm.

And there was nothin' else,

Like dr*gs or alcohol?

Not very recently.

But there was damage

To the nasal tissue--

Cocaine.

Thanks, doc.

Doc, suppose we

Had a suspect--

Could we get a dna match

From the fetus,

Legally identify

The father?

I believe you could.

You got a suspect?

No, not yet.

Anyway, the father

May not be the m*rder*r.

It's just an angle.

I'll send tissue to jackson--

Get it rolling.

Thanks, doc.

( Coins jingle )

Hi. In sparta,

The number for

Madigan wholesalers,

Please.

( Phone rings )

Warehouse.

It's for you, frank.

Frank: who is it?

I ain't your secretary.

Yo.

Karen: is this frank cole?

Who's this?

A friend of

The lady in the lake.

I don't know what in the hell

You're talkin' about.

Oh, don't you...

"Mr. Smokes"?

Well, I guess

The cops will.

You must be thinking

Of someone else.

Yeah?

Well, I'm guessin' you didn't

Want to keep the baby.

What do you want?

Haven't figured it out yet.

I'll call you

When I have,

And you best be in

A generous frame of mind.

( Smack )

How'd I do?

You done real good.

What's up?

Ain't nothin' up.

Just do your work.

Tilly: cops! Ha ha ha!

I don't know if

I should be happy or scared.

Be happy, tilly.

My heavens!

Look at this--

You got the chief here.

I told you I would.

Jambalaya catfish

With collards?

My number one item.

Sounds great to me.

Tilly, I want you

To tell the chief

What you told me

About him.

You're losin' popularity

With the women.

What am I doing wrong?

You ain't doin'

Nothin' wrong.

That's what's wrong.

You see, in order

To be romantic--

And therefore popular--

You've got to do

Something wrong.

But nothin' big.

Like you wouldn't

Need to...

To k*ll a man

And take his wife.

Takin' his wife

Would be enough.

Suppose I already

Had a wife?

Hmm...

Then you couldn't

Take a second,

But you could creep.

That means to philander.

But you got to

Get a wife first.

You can't creep unless you got

Somebody to creep on.

Now, all these women

Wanna be the one

You creepin' on

Or the one

You creepin' to.

And they gettin' mad waitin'

For you to pick one of 'em.

Thank you.

I'm gonna have to

See what I can do

To get more popular

Around here.

You better.

Meanwhile...

I'm sorry about this.

Oh, uh...

I saw that.

I've come to expect that.

Why do you think

They're running this now?

Why not just wait to see

If you're gonna run again?

I think they're trying

To keep me from running.

Yeah, well,

I wonder if madigan's

Not behind this,

Because he came by

To see me today.

Tried to enlist me

For the cause.

Oh, sure.

Madigan's a friend

Of holly's and that bunch,

And this fella that runs

That terrible newspaper.

But hamp, I can't

Worry about it.

It's politics,

Impure and simple.

Bill...

Are you gonna run again?

No.

But I don't want to

Say anything about it

Until I have to.

I don't think

A lame duck sheriff

Is good for the county.

I think it's very exciting

For certain excitable people.

Well, selfishly speaking,

I really wish

You'd run again.

Put some fire

In your bellies,

And some spring

In your step.

Did you take me serious

A few minutes ago?

Oh, I sure did.

Good.

'Cause you can't go wrong

Listenin' to indian tilly.

Thank you.

Okay, everybody.

Y'all know that

We're workin' two fatals.

The ramirez hit and run,

Which is beginning

To look like a m*rder,

And the lawrence drowning,

Which always

Looked like m*rder.

Now it appears there is

Gonna be a connection.

Lieutenant?

Well, we know from his wife

That ramirez sometimes

Spent the night

At the warehouse

When she threw him out.

What did he see

That would lead someone

To k*ll him?

Something he wasn't

Supposed to see.

In the middle

Of the night?

That's exactly when

He would see something

He wasn't supposed to.

Julia lawrence had cigarettes

All over her trailer.

Way too many--

I mean, it was ridiculous.

And most of madigan's business

Is wholesaling cigarettes.

You think she was ripping off

The madigan warehouse?

Not her, her boyfriend.

And who's that?

Seein' as how

There's no evidence

Of a break-in,

It would have to be

Someone who works there.

My guess is frank cole.

Parker: he's married,

But everybody knows

He's foolin' around.

Everybody says that,

But nobody's actually

Said they saw him

With miss lawrence.

Well, no sir,

They haven't.

No. Which means

We're gonna have to

Make this case

The old-fashioned way--

With one twist.

If we can get enough on cole

To get a search warrant,

We might be able

To nail him with a dna test.

I don't get it.

The drowned lady

Was pregnant.

If we can prove

That cole is the father,

We have a possible motive,

And opportunity for sure.

And can we get a warrant

To get the test?

So far, no.

But we are workin' on that.

Forbes:

Afternoon, judge.

Chief forbes.

I guess something

Must have thrown

My concentration.

Guess so.

This gonna take long?

I don't think so.

I'll catch up with you,

George.

Now, what's so important

This couldn't wait

Till tomorrow morning?

I need a search warrant.

For a blood test

On one frank cole.

Kerry madigan's guy.

I know frank.

Yes, sir.

We think he m*rder*d

Julia lawrence,

The woman who

Went into the lake.

Based on what?

Talkin' to him--

And certain facts.

Bottom line, judge,

A dna test would establish

His motive positively.

Oh, one of those things,

Huh?

Are you familiar

With the term "dragnet"?

Yes, sir.

Because a dragnet

Has been illegal

Since .

Otherwise you'd be out here

Testin' everybody once a week.

Have you got any hard evidence

That frank cole

Has committed a crime?

He got the girl pregnant,

And he k*lled her

And the child

She was carrying--

His child.

A test will prove it.

Warrant denied.

You're new here, chief.

I hope you'll be

Catchin' on to our ways soon.

Excuse me.

Harriet gillespie,

Can we take a minute

Of your time?

Well! It looks like

Your desk don't know

You're married!

Did I say you could

Take my picture?

You're in a public place.

You work for the public,

I work for a newspaper.

What do you want?

Your reaction to stories

That gillespie's gonna retire.

You know, preston,

You don't report the news,

You fabricate it.

Print that.

What about rumors

Of a ruckus on the council?

Consider the sourc--

Consider the source.

We both know who he is.

So you're confirming trouble.

I'm confirming

A breach of confidentiality

By your informant.

Well, as his wife,

Don't you want gillespie

To retire?

As his wife, preston,

I have this to say--

You have been

Attacking a man

Who's given his entire life

To this community.

He's got plenty of life left.

Doesn't he want to

Spend some time on himself

And his new bride?

( Camera shutter clicks )

It's time for you

To leave this office.

I'm gone, sugar.

Get out! Out!

Thank for

The cooperation!

Get out!

Call for frank cole,

Call for frank cole.

Yo.

Karen: I've decided

What I want.

Look, we don't allow

No personal calls.

Give me your number,

I'll call you back.

You must think

I'm really stupid.

You just wanna find out

Where I'm at, don't you?

Okay, you call me.

- In thirty minutes.

Better be there.

Jimmy!

Cover for me.

Sure thing, frank.

( Car phone rings )

Yeah.

Here's the deal.

Ten thousand,

We leave sparta,

All done.

You think I just have

Ten big ones lyin' around?

Well, I know

You can get it.

There's a phone

In tj's near the men's room.

You be there at eleven.

Okay?

Yeah.

Kerry! Thanks for coming.

You bet.

Hello, everybody.

Here, sit down.

Please.

I appreciate y'all

Havin' me here.

I wanted a chance

For my colleagues

To get to know you

Like I do.

Well, I'm an open book,

Ladies and gentlemen.

Ask away.

Mr. Madigan...

Do you have any previous

Law enforcement experience?

Sure do. m*llitary police.

'Nam, three tours.

You feel that

Kind of experience

Translates to sparta?

If there's one thing

That we know,

We've got to

Bring the whip down,

Got to get tough on crime.

Three strikes and you're out?

Hell--one strike

And you're out, with me.

Mr. Madigan,

You have a business.

How can you run that

And be sheriff?

I have a most capable staff

Whom I trust completely

To run my business.

Wholesale distribution

Isn't rocket science.

I know his people,

And they are first-rate.

Can you tell us

Something about

Why you'd like

To be sheriff?

Sure can, miss delong.

I've lived in this community

For a long while,

I'm successful,

And I've derived great benefit

From bein' here in sparta.

Now I want to

Give something back.

Why, mr. Madigan,

You've always had

That opportunity.

I don't recall ever seein' you

At any fund-raising events

Or civic functions.

Until last sunday.

Now, harriet,

I've got to object to that.

The man is here now--

I mean, ain't that

Good enough?

Miss delong has every right

To ask that question.

You're right.

I want to make up

For that,

And I think this is

The best way I can do that.

Is this your first step

Into politics?

Is that what this is

Really all about?

Mary, if you're trying

To make me cringe

By accusin' me

Of being political,

I'm gonna disappoint you.

'Cause I am political.

I'm political

Through and through.

I love politics,

And if politics wants

To take me to the

Highest peaks of promise,

I am ready to go.

Wow. Look out, washington,

Here he comes.

Maybe.

Why not?

Why not?

It's not that far.

It's not that far

In any way.

Just you take a hard look

At that place

And tell me if you see anybody

Who's that much different

Than me.

Go ahead, harriet.

Can you? Truthfully?

Mr. Madigan,

That is an unfair question.

Ain't he

One hell of a guy?

Ha ha ha ha!

Oh. Hey, jimmy.

How ya doin'?

I'm worried, man.

Shh!

Them cops ain't stupid,

You know?

What are you

Talkin' about?

I'm sayin' they ain't gonna

Stop sniffin' around here!

They don't give a damn...

Now, listen--

We got to deliver

Some smokes tonight.

I--i got a feeling

Something bad's gonna happen.

Yeah?

That maybe you gonna make

Some good money?

( Laughs )

I want you to meet me

At shady glen at eleven.

I'll meet you there.

Okay?

Okay.

I guess.

All right.

Now, get back to work.

The dark blue towel is yours,

The aquamarine one is mine.

They're both brand new.

Gillespie: what?

I said, the dark blue towel

Is yours!

What? The blue?

Yes.

Well, they're both

Kind of blue.

The dark one is yours!

I already started usin'

The other one.

What did you say?

Nothin'.

( Chuckling )

Just get dry.

( Laughing ) don't walk

On that polished floor

With your feet wet.

These new towels

Are permeated with

Something funny.

They don't hold water.

Give 'em a chance.

Rub harder.

The best thing

For dryin' off

Is the old-fashioned

Terry cloth robe,

Just like this one here.

Why don't you wear

That beautiful

Forest green robe

I bought for you?

Well, I just picked the one

My eye first fell on.

You look like a beet root,

Just pulled up.

( Chuckles )

I told off preston donner

On your behalf today.

Well, that was

A bad idea.

Wasn't my idea.

He came askin' for it.

Well, I don't need you

To fight my battles for me.

And I'll tell you

Somethin' else--

If you make an enemy

Of preston donner,

You can kiss your

Political ambitions goodbye.

Well, if it comes to that,

I'll kiss sparta goodbye.

Do you want to?

No, no.

And I don't have to.

Not yet. Maybe never.

This is my town

And I love it.

Of course,

I didn't love it

When living here

Was a nightmare.

Holly colmer's a throwback

To those days.

So is kerry madigan.

I can handle them.

Well, I was never

Very good at that stuff.

But isn't that

One of the reasons

You married me?

No. Not at all.

What in the world

Ever made you think that?

( Music blares

From nightclub )

Tracy:

Hey! Where's your manners?

Frank: got a lot

On my mind.

You always got

A lot on your mind.

Who's he with?

That is his wife.

I know it sounds corny,

But she could be his daughter.

Rumor has it

She had something on him

And made him marry her.

How come you know

So much about him,

Parker?

You know, you hear things

At tj's, partying and such.

Don't tell me this is where

You met your dream lady.

Is she gonna be in there?

Maybe.

( Chuckling )

Come on.

( Rock music blares )

What will

You have?

I'll have a cold sh**t.

She'll have a snowball.

What is "she"?

A cat's mother?

Keep it up, trace,

And you'll see.

I gotta make a phone call.

You stay here.

This place

Is pretty busy.

Well, you know

What it's like.

I give it six months,

Tops.

Hey, what's your problem?

It'll be your problem

If you don't git!

( Ringing )

This is cole.

Karen: got the money?

Yeah, I got it.

What's it in?

In a...brown bag.

Okay. Go out

The emergency exit.

Right outside,

You'll see a trash barrel.

Trash barrel, right.

Wait until you see

A motorcycle.

It'll flash its lights

Twice. Got it?

Yeah.

Drop the bag

Into the trash barrel.

Drop it in

The trash barrel.

Then back into tj's--fast.

Okay.

( Starts motor )

( Starts car )

What kind of dump

Is this?

A dump that

Needs some smokes.

Who cares?

So, where is he?

Don't make no sense.

Maybe he just come right out,

Put the money in, and split.

( Starts motor )

Gimme that box.

You open the door.

It's locked.

Stand back.

What's the deal?

Ain't they here?

Said he'd be

A little late,

But we ain't waitin'.

Open it up.

Give it a big pull.

Ain't they gonna mind

You breakin' in

Like this?

Too bad.

Go get another box.

Something's real wrong here.

Let's get outta here.

We gonna wait for this guy

And get paid?

Sorry, jimmy.

( Starts car )

( Phone rings )

Police emergency.

Hello, dispatch.

Okay. An interrupted

At shady glen.

Okay, thanks.

Shady glen.

That place sure

Keeps us busy.

Any unit, we have

An interrupted

At shady glen.

Please respond.

This is a set-up!

Who is that?!

Is he dead?

Let's get him

Out of here.

What are you

Talkin' about?!

Cole done this!

Get his feet!

( Both grunting )

( Siren blares )

Hold it!

Don't move your hands!

Lie down right now!

You too, ma'am!

Get down!

This one's gone.

How'd you k*ll him?

You don't understand--

I was set up!

What'd you

k*ll him with,

Fella?

I don't know!

I didn't do it!

( Jukebox plays )

There he is.

Where was he?

I don't know.

Men's room, I guess.

Where the hell

Have you been?

Nowhere, honey.

Just got talkin',

Was all.

Gimme another sh**t.

( Pager beeps )

It's the station.

They're beepin' us

With nines. It's urgent.

Someone you know?

No one I know.

They're stickin'

To their story.

They say

They were set up.

The prints on

The m*rder w*apon

Are sonny's.

Yeah. If it's a set-up,

It's a pretty good one.

How long was cole

Out of your sight?

So he could have

Gone on out the back.

Yeah, the exit's

Aren't alarmed.

Excuse me,

Chief.

Dr. Robb sent these over.

Personal effects

Of the deceased.

Said there's something

You should look at.

The license.

No...

This is too much.

Julia lawrence's

License.

Are we supposed to believe

That jimmy k*lled julia?

It'd be real nice for cole

If we did.

There's no way

We can get a warrant

On him, huh?

I couldn't.

Good afternoon,

Judge.

Gillespie, you're gonna

Have to excuse me.

I just need a moment

Of your time.

( Sighs ) I'll be

Just a minute.

So? What is it?

It's the matter

Of the search warrant

For frank cole.

I told forbes no.

I say the same to you--no.

Hmm.

Well, but, uh...

There's been

Another m*rder

Since then.

Look, even if you prove

That cole was the father

Of the unborn child,

You still haven't proved

That he k*lled the mother.

Judge, I need that warrant.

Let me remind you

Of somethin'.

( Conversation indistinct )

I appreciate

Your cooperation.

We can dispense with

The hypocritical niceties.

I'd like you to phone it in

As soon as possible.

I've got a telephone

Over in the car.

I have my own phone.

Oh, I see.

Well, that's all right, then.

( Car door slams,

Car starts )

( Car drives away )

( Both chuckling )

I take it you got

What you wanted.

Well, sure.

I just had to remind the judge

Of one or two things.

Like what?

What's it to you, missy?

Oh, nothing.

I lost a bet, though.

A bet about what?

About the warrant.

I bet someone two dollars

That you wouldn't get it.

Well...

Your confidence in your boss

Is deplorably low.

I thought judge simms

Was the one man in sparta

That wasn't afraid of you.

But it seems like

I was wrong.

Come on.

( Starts car )

( Chuckling )

Is there anything

You want to tell me?

No, sir.

What's this

All about?

We're gonna find out

In a minute.

Good morning,

Mr. Madigan.

Chief.

What can I do for you?

We're here

For frank cole.

What for?

Got a search warrant

On you, mr. Cole.

I ain't got

Nothin' to hide.

Go ahead and search

All you want.

Well, the warrant

Is on your body.

In particular,

For a blood sample.

What are you

Talkin' about, blood?

We just want

A couple of drops--

For a test.

This ain't righteous,

Man.

This is plain harassment,

Is what it is.

Madigan:

Just hold on

A minute.

Chief, just because

Jimmy rodman was crooked,

Got himself k*lled,

Doesn't give you cause

To harass cole.

Man, I ain't gonna

Give you no blood.

And if I ain't gonna

Give you no blood,

How you figure

You're gonna get it?

We're gonna take it,

Mr. Cole.

Why?

We're gonna run a dna test

To see if your blood

Matches up

With julia lawrence's

Unborn baby.

Ha ha ha ha!

That's good.

Ha ha ha ha!

Yeah,

That's right.

We think you're the father.

And if he was,

What in the world are you

Gonna charge him with?

And I personally believe

That the two of y'all

Are workin' a conspiracy here

To skim profits

And dodge taxes.

Since when is a county sheriff

A tax auditor?

Since never, mr. Madigan,

But what we're

Gonna try to do

Is nail you for grand theft,

And then let superior minds

Take it where they will.

Let's go, frank.

Hey-- hey!

Hey! Hey!

Madigan!

( Handcuffs click )

Madigan!

Hold on a minute!

Just hold on a minute,

Will ya?!

May I have a word

With my employee, please?

Fellas.

All right, now, frank--

Frank, listen to me.

Will you listen to me?

Now, we take care

Of our own,

And I'm gonna

Call you an attorney

Right away.

Yeah, I reckon

You will.

I will.

Hey, just take it easy!

Aauggh!

Appreciate all your help,

Mr. Madigan.

Yeah. And some people

Are gonna see this

For exactly what it is--

You're comin' after cole

To make me look bad.

Oh, yeah, people are

Gonna see it that way,

Sure 'nuff.

Chief, I got a

Business to run.

And gillespie,

I'll see you on election day.

Which election

Is that gonna be,

Mr. Madigan?

Well,

I've heard that you have

A number of

Future elections

In your mind.

Maybe even the highest

In the land...

If we don't catch you first.

Excuse me, chief, bill.

We just got the dna test

In from jackson.

Positive match

On frank cole.

No surprise there.

Would you take it directly

To the d.a.'S office, please?

On its way.

Well, I wonder if

The sparta herald's

Gonna give us an "attaboy"

For catching cole.

I'm not gonna

Hold my breath for it.

But maybe now they'll

Get off your back, though.

And maybe the moon

Is made of green cheese.

I wish we could get cole

To talk about his boss.

No, they need each other now

More than ever.

They won't turn and rat,

Neither one.

You're gonna have to

Work really hard to get cole

For just one

Of those murders.

And as for madigan,

You may not get him

For anything.

Well, you know he's still

Gonna run for sheriff.

And he's got a good chance,

Unless you run.

Well, I'm thinkin'.

You come to

Any conclusions?

Uh, just one--

I'm crazy.

That means you're gonna run.

It sure comes to

The same thing,

Doesn't it?

See you later, hamp.

( Chuckling )

Later, bill.

You certainly are

Bein' very mysterious

About it.

Well, if there's no mystery,

There's no surprise.

Well, I'm still

Gettin' over

My other surprise.

Oh, come on, now,

You knew very well

That if madigan ran

I was gonna have to run.

Now--

Look over here

To your right

At this magnificent craft.

What exactly is this?

This is my new bass boat.

But what happened to this

Nice floatin' patio boat?

Let's not think about this

Any more,

Because it's too slow,

I haven't got time for it.

Put your mind on this

Over here.

You expect me

To ride in this?

I expect you to drive this.

Me?!

Unless you're

Too scared.

I am not scared.

You just show me what to do,

And I'll do it, thank you.

Fine. Just step

Right in the boat.

Put yourself

Behind the wheel.

Now, over there

On your right

You'll see

The ignition key.

Now, you just turn that on

As if it were a car.

You've driven

A car, huh?

Yes.

All right,

Turn on the ignition.

( Motor starts )

Okay, now,

That's a throttle.

Don't do anything with that

Until I tell you.

All right, now,

Let barney push us off.

Now hit that throttle!

Bill!!!

Gillespie:

Sayonara!

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ ( In the heat of the night

Instrumental theme plays ) ♪