06x04 - A Frenzied Affair

[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 ♪

[Car door opening]

[Car engine starting]

[Girl laughing]

Oh, sh**t.
I forgot my bathing
suit in the car.

Your teeny-weeny
black bikini?

Lyle, you're as
bad as a hungry dog.

Worse.

[Honk]

Hi, megan.

Luke, what
brings you
up here?

Testing the lake
for chemical sprays.
And you?

Swimming
with a friend.
What else?

Well,
the water's freezing.

I wouldn't want
you to catch a cold.

You're a real sweetheart.

Why don't you
ask me out?

Maybe after your
next birthday.

We ain't going
to sit around
and wait for it.

Yes, sir.

See you.

Bye-bye, hon.

Come on.

Come on
back here.

All right. I'll be
right there, ma'am.

Is anybody hurt?

No, but I believe
these ladies

Would have
went 12 rounds
if we let them.

Help that man
catch his chickens,

And see what he
has to say.

Come on. Come on.

Whoo!
No, you ain't.

Yes, I am.whoo!

Aah!

Aah!

[g*nsh*t]

[Screams]

[g*nsh*t]

This side of
the lake or
the other?

Other side.

Sounds like
it was close
to the water.

Right where
you just were.
Want to go back?

We better.

Meet you over there.

Chief, something
bad's happened.

It won't get better

If you make me
wait for it.

Oh, no, sir,
uh...

Buford fowler's
daughter megan
just called in.

What did buford do,

b*at her up again?

No. Megan's friend
was k*lled

Outside his cabin
at purvis lake.

Who is megan's friend?

Ridley. He's part-owner
of the movie house.

k*lled how?

Megan says the sh*ts
came from the woods,

But she didn't
see anybody.

Do we have
anybody there?

Yes. Everett,
jamison, and bubba.

[Sighs]

Well...

Look like he walked in.

Lonnie: yeah, and ran
back out the same way.

Yeah.

Lonnie, what
we got over here?

He was waiting
for ridley right here.

Yeah. Sure
looks like it,
huh?

[Sighs]

You know, you really
shouldn't be smoking.

Detective tibbs...

Megan fowler.

Thanks.

See you later, sugar.

[Door closes]

What happened?

I was walking
down to the lake
with lyle.

Somebody sh*t him.

How many sh*ts
did you hear?

I think three.

I ran inside and
called the police.

You didn't
try to help him?

No.

He was dead.

You could
clearly see
that he was dead.

What were
you to him?

He managed
the movie house
where I work.

No.

Why were you
here with him?

He asked me
for a swim.

And sex?

Yes.

I noticed his
wedding band.

[Sniffles]

He and his wife didn't
care for each other.

Lyle told you that?

Yes.

He just stayed with her
because he loved his kids.

Could his wife
have done this?

No. No.

Can you think
of anyone else

Who might have
wanted lyle k*lled?

No.

Nobody hated lyle.

Why do I get
the feeling
y'all got bad news?

Shelly, uh,
I'm sorry.
We do.

There's been
a sh**ting out
at purvis lake.

Is this about
my husband?

Yes, ma'am.

Lyle was sh*t
and k*lled.

Lyle wasn't alone up
at that cabin, was he?

No, ma'am. I'm afraid
he had a girl with him.

Megan fowler.
Do you know her?

No.

But let me guess.
She 21 and beautiful?

17.

Lyle always liked
real young girls,

Liked me when
I was 17, too.

I knew this would happen.

I knew some girl's daddy

Was going to
k*ll him someday.

Somebody k*lled daddy?

Yes, kenny, honey,
somebody k*lled daddy.

Now what am
I supposed to do?

[Sighs]

You want me to send
somebody over from
social services?

Well, what are
they going to do?

Help you out.

They help you
get through your
grieving process.

I ain't going to need
no help with grieving

'Cause I ain't
going to be grieving.

If you find someone

To pay the mortgage
and bills and buy food,

Send them out here.

I know how to be
real nice to him.

Man: [on tv]
back goes mullins.

He's looking downfield.

Under pressure,
he gets it away,

And it's a floater
to the sideline.

That one's going to land
out of bounds, incomplete....

Why'd you stop
coming around,
chief?

Oh, well,
I don't care much
for movies nowadays.

They--they seem
to leave nothing
to your imagination

Except the story.

Sad but true.
No great drama
anymore.

I feel like
the only people

Who cry at
movies are poor
theater owners.

Well...

Did you know
your manager

Was messing with
the young girls
who work here?

Well, never
for a fact,

But I'd hear
things, rumors,

And there was this
one high school girl

That said lyle
kept touching her.

Touching her?

Well...

What did you
do about that?

Well,
I tore into him,

But lyle swore
he never done that,

And the girl quit,

So I just sort of
let things drop.

Chief,
look at this.

It's a picture
from a tv screen.

This is from a
homemade video,
chief.

Oh, sure enough.

Do you
recognize the girl
in that picture?

That's megan fowler.

She works here.

I'm surprised,
but I can't say
I'm shocked.

She's boy crazy.

Boy crazy?
But this ridley
is no boy.

Mention a boy.

Garth watkins.

Garth watkins.

When did you
last see him
around here?

Well, not lately.
Megan told him off.

Why?

Well, uh,
I don't know,

But he tore out
of here just
mad as fire.

Well...
Thank you,
vern.

You're welcome,
chief.

I hardly
got any sleep
last night.

Can't you let
me go home?

It's not a good idea
for you to be alone.

I don't see what
good it does for
me to be here.

All I can think
of is lyle...

Lying there dead.

Megan,
at some point

We're going to have
to talk about what
you were doing

When he was alive.
You know what
we was doing.

What's there
to talk about?

Plenty,

And we're going
to talk about it

In a very polite
tone of voice.

I'm sorry,
ms. Tibbs.

All right, um...

I need your help
this afternoon.

Go back to class.

After lunch, meet me
in the scene shop.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm real sorry.
I know you was
just helping me.

[Bell rings]

Virgil, hi.

Hi. As long as this
young lady's here,

I'd like to ask
her a question.

Sure. Ask.

When's the last time
you saw garth watkins?

Why?

When you last saw him,
you had a big argument.

When exactly was that?

I can't
remember exactly. What was it about?

It was about
him being crazy.

Megan.

Crazy?

He thought
he owned me.
That's crazy.

Ask ms. Tibbs.

She's been
counseling him
for a year.

[Door closes]

How does
she know that?

Guess he told her.

So they were close.

Is garth watkins
involved in this?

I'm following
up a lead.

Honey, if
you're thinking

That garth
k*lled that man
because of megan,

You're wrong.

Tell me about him.

Listen, I can't
tell you any
details, honey,

But he's not
the k*lling type.

Self-destructive maybe,

But he's definitely
not a m*rder*r.

O.k.

Thanks. O.k.,
I'll see you later.

Bye.

[Blows whistle]

Let's hit
the shower.

Garth watkins?

Yeah.

Detective tibbs,
sparta p.d.

I'm investigating
the m*rder of lyle ridley.

What's that got
to do with me?

You know lyle?

I knew he ran
the movie house.

That's all?

It's no secret
lyle was making
it with megan.

That why you kept
bothering the girl
at the theater?

I was still in
love with her.

So that's why
you had the fight

The last time
you were there.

Uh...

It's a long
story, but, uh...

It had to do
with her daddy.

What about him?

I thought he was
responsible for
breaking us up.

Doesn't he like you?

He hates anybody
who dates megan,

Especially when
they're making
it with her.

Like you?

Yeah.

One time her
daddy caught us.

He run me
out the house,

Screaming and
waving a g*n.

You think he
would have
sh*t you?

He said he'd sh**t
anybody he ever
caught with megan.

I sure believed him.

Can I help you?

Did you know
lyle ridley,

The man that was
k*lled at the lake?

No.

Well, your
daughter was
with him.

What was they doing?

Well, they must
have just been, uh...

Talking before
he was sh*t.

What are you
insinuating, boy?

I'm just trying
to tell you
what I know.

Well, sounds like

One of her
bastard boyfriends
sh*t him to me.

Well, maybe.

Where were
you on sunday?

[Chuckles]

Watching the ballgame...

On the tv.

Anybody with you?

No.

Anything else?

No, that's all.

How you doing?

O.k.

Look, uh...

I truly am sorry

About what
happened to lyle.

I thought you
didn't like him.

I--i didn't,

But, uh...

I know that you did.

Well, it's been
horrible, garth.

If there's
anything I can do...

Thank you.

Uh...

I'd be willing to
get back together.

Come on, garth,

We've been
all over this.

If you just want
to stay friends,
that's fine.

But it's over.

You understand?

You're still in love
with lyle, ain't you?

Leave me alone.

Maybe you forgot

About how
good it was
to be with me,

But I haven't.
I love you!

Get away!
Get away!

You just--
just can't...

Stop it!

Stop it!

Garth!
Stop it!

Garth. Garth!

Garth!

O.k. Yes.
Thank you.

Thank you for
the information

And for your
cooperation.

That was the lab.

All they can say

Is that the
cigarettes
fowler smoked

Are the same kind
found in the woods.

Hell, that
ain't evidence.

It is.

It is, but it's not
enough to convict.

Well, here's something
that could convict.

A little more
substantial
anyway, huh?

Here he is,

And here's his g*n.

Now, this is helpful.

We also found a pair
of muddy hunting boots

That are close
to the size
of the cast we made.

That's funny,
though.

Why would
somebody leave such
incriminating evidence

Hanging around?

Most people do.

They're not aware
we make casts
of boot prints.

These here
hunting boots
match the casts.

They got the same
wear patterns.

There's even a tack
in the right boot,
just like in the cast.

Have a seat.

[Sighs]

I want you
to stay away
from megan.

Yes,
ms. Tibbs.

What was going
through your head?

I don't know
what to say.

I mean,
I guess I just...

I lost my temper,
but I'm sorry,

And I feel real
bad about it.

This had something
to do with lyle
ridley, didn't it?

No, ma'am.

Don't lie to me.
Megan told me
everything.

Then why are
you asking me?

Because I care
about you.

No, you don't! Yes, I do!

You've always been
able to talk to me
about anything.

What's the problem?

I wonder what my
mother would say.

She would be asking
the same things I'm
asking if she could.

She'd want to know
what is going on.

Maybe she
already knows.

You don't believe
she does know,
do you?

You don't think
that my mother

Knows everything
I do, do you?

Garth...
Whether or not the
deceased can feel

Or understand or
see what we're doing

Is beside the point.

She knows a lot.

I visit her.

I know you go out
to valley rest.

And I talk
to her,

And I tell her things,

But, uh...

There's some things
even I keep from her.

Garth.

Garth.

Hello.

Hey, babe.

[Sighs]

What do we do
with these two?

Do we try
to shape them

Into what
we believe is
good and right?

Most people do.

There should
be a school
for parents--

Teach them
how to avoid
making mistakes.

You must be thinking
about garth again.

I'm just having
disturbing thoughts

About what garth
tried to do to megan.

Oh. We're looking
at megan's father.

He had motive, means,
and opportunity.

We found his boot
prints in the woods.

Ballistics confirmed
that it was his r*fle.

His prints were
the only ones on it.

Garth's father
used to b*at him.

Then he just abandoned
the whole family altogether.

Garth had to live with
this hideous uncle.

O.k., So he's
an angry kid, but--

His grades have
dropped to zero

Ever since
megan dumped him.

This affair between
megan and lyle

Could have easily
pushed him over the edge.

Lots of things
could have.

I'm talking about
this one thing.

O.k., I'll
look into it.

I give you my word
I'll look into it, o.k.?

[Sniffs]

Now, do I smell
macaroni casserole?

Yeah.
You serve it up,

And I'll put
them to bed.

O.k. Beautiful.

Beautiful, beautiful.

Yeah. Beautiful.

It is a beautiful
world, huh?

Yes.
Thank you, honey.

It's interesting to know

That althea thinks that
this boy garth watkins

Is not the k*ller type.

She must have
changed her mind.

And, you know,
the little girl,
she did provoke him.

She slapped his face.

Chief, the man was
strangling the girl.

Well.

Oh, uh, parker,

Where is
buford fowler?

Right behind me, chief.

Peake's bringing
him in right now.

Mr. Fowler,
you're not obliged

To answer anything
we may ask you.

Fine. I won't, then.

Now, listen...

I don't think you
did this thing.

Then let me go home.

Maybe I will,
but not this minute.

Stop fooling with me!

Hush, hush, hush.

Virgil: mr. Fowler, we
want to help you,

But first you
got to help us.

Yes.

Ask what you want.

O.k.

How well did you
know lyle ridley?

I didn't know
him at all.

You didn't know
he was seeing
your daughter?

No. And that's
the truth.

And let me tell
you something else.

Whoever done
k*lled that boy
done me a service,

'Cause if I'd known
what he was doing
with my child,

I'd have sh*t him.

Hmm.

Did you know...
Garth watkins?

Yeah, I know him.

You're going to ask me
why I didn't k*ll him.

No. No, I'm not.

I don't need
to know that.

He near drove me to
the breaking point.

He wouldn't
leave megan alone.

Calling her
day and night.

When he wasn't
calling her,

He'd act like
my house was his.

I'd come home
from work,

And he'd be
in my kitchen

Rummaging through
the refrigerator
eating my food.

I'd come home
and find him

Napping in megan's bed.

So y'all gave
him the run
of the house.

Well, sure...

Until that last straw.

I come home,

Found him
and megan

On the living
room floor doing it.

I run him out of
that house butt naked.

Girl had to
throw his clothes

Through the
window to him.

She had the good
sense to dump him,

But she didn't
have no sense

When she took up with
that movie house phony.

I'd have k*lled garth...

Except...

He, uh...
He wasn't
all there.

He was always
a little loony,

And you just kind of
felt sorry for him.

How do you
think your boots
and your r*fle

Turned up in
that forest?

Well, um...somebody
came and took them

And used them,

And then they
took them back.

Somebody who could
get in and out
of your house.

Naturally.

Naturally.

Naturally.

Hey!

This one is
garth watkins'.

O.k.

Making spiritual contact.
The after-life experience.

Both by...who? Emilio llamada.

He writes
about things like
talking to people

Who aren't
necessarily here.

A girl saw garth
running away.

Running, huh?

Maybe he saw us.

Yeah. Did you
find anything?

Just these two
books. No weapons.

Is the boy kooky,
ms. Tibbs?

He's disturbed
and scared, bubba.

And dangerous.

Just because
no w*apon's here

Doesn't mean
he took one
with him.

But he could have.
Where's he gone?

And how am
I supposed
to know that?

Good afternoon, sir.

Afternoon, ma'am.

Uh, are you
garth watkins' aunt?

Uh, that's right--
emma watkins,

And this is my
husband teddy
resting there.

Howdy. Howdy.

Is garth home,
ma'am?

Uh, he was
just here,

But he's gone.

Does garth
keep a g*n?

Uh-huh...

He has a g*n.

Shotgun shells.

A couple of them gone.

I can't find
nothing in here.

Did you see him leave
with the g*n, ma'am?

I didn't see
him leave.

Ma'am, who's the woman
in this picture here?

My sister-in-law--
garth's mother.

Is this her
grave right here?

Yes, sir,
that's her grave.

Why does he keep
that picture?

Who knows why
people do things?

Do you know where
this cemetery is?

The one by
the old church
on catalba--

Valley rest.

[Crying]

Stay there.

Garth...

What are you doing?

Leave me alone,
ms. Tibbs.

Please? Just--

I just want to
talk things out
with you, garth.

Ms. Tibbs...

I hunted
lyle ridley down,

And I sh*t him.

And I fixed it

So megan's daddy
would get the blame.

Because of megan?

Yes, ma'am.

I'm still
in love with her.

I couldn't handle
losing her.

And the only thing...

That I had to do...

Was k*ll lyle.

Garth.

Garth, it's
all in the past.

Now, what I want
to do now...

Is talk about

Getting some
help for you.

No! I don't want
no help, ms. Tibbs.

Please...

I don't
want no help.

I belong down
here with my mama.

What you going
to do, virgil?

I--i don't know.
Just wait.

[Shotgun blast]

Aahhhh!!!
[Screaming]

Aah! Aah!

Aah!

No! He didn't
want to do it!

I just wanted
to talk to him.

I know
I could talk--

Is she hurt,
virgil?

No. He, uh...

He didn't hurt her.
He just hurt himself.

Althea.

Excuse me, are you
mr. Teddy watkins?

Yeah. Guilty.

I believe you
have a nephew
named garth watkins.

Yeah. Guilty
of that, too.

Your nephew
was k*lled, sir.

Who k*lled him?

May have been
an accident
with a g*n.

Can you come
and make
an identification?

No.

What's the damage
to the body?

His head's gone.

The body's
still intact.

How is althea tibbs?

Not good, chief.

Now, where did
they take her?

Virgil took her home.

Took her home?

She said she
didn't want to
go to no hospital.

She wanted to be
with her children.

Chief: well, what did
the school say?

Virgil: "stay home.

Don't come back until..."
Et cetera, et cetera.

"When can we
all come by?"

They really
miss her there.

The kids are
crazy about her.

They can cover
for her, but...

You know...

She's special.

She's very special.

Excuse me, chief.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Did you want to
go sit with her
a while, chief?

Uh, no. To tell
you the truth,

I'm about he world's
worst cheerer-upper.

I just wanted
to find out
how she is

From dr. Day here.

Let me go
bring her this

And see if I can
make her eat.

Yeah.

Um...

Is this anything
like a breakdown?

Not as bad.

It's a degree of
mental exhaustion,

But it can be
treated at home.

It responds quickly
to rest and medication.

Come on over
with me, chief.

Don't worry.
I know she'll
enjoy seeing you.

All right.

I brought you
something, baby.

Oh, you look
so uncomfortable.

Is that
all right?

Well, here
are dr. Day

And the chief
to see you.

Hello, althea.

I want you to
take one of these
twice a day.

Now, don't worry.

I'm not going
to ask you
anything stupid

Like how
you're feeling.

I know how
you're feeling.

I do want to say

That you look
as nice as ever,

So I don't
have to worry.

No, you don't.

How do they look?

Well, they're more
beautiful than ever,

And they're
twice as big.

How much will you
take for them?

Twice as much as
last time you asked.

You couldn't afford
that, so now where
are you?

I'm nowhere.

Welcome.

Say what?

That's where I am.

Nowhere.

Welcome.