("DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD"
BY NINA SIMONE PLAYING)
Baby, you understand me now? ♪
If sometimes you see that I'm mad ♪
Don't you know no one alive
can always be an angel? ♪
When everything goes
wrong, you see some bad ♪
But, oh, I'm just a soul ♪
Whose intentions are good ♪
Oh lord ♪
Please don't let me be ♪
Misunderstood ♪
Doo, doo, doo ♪
Oh, oh-oh-oh, baby ♪
I'm just human ♪
Don't you know I have
faults like anyone? ♪
Sometimes, I find myself alone ♪
Regretting some
little foolish thing ♪
Some simple thing ♪
That I've done ♪
'Cause I'm just a soul ♪
Whose intentions are good ♪
Oh lord, please don't let me be ♪
Misunderstood ♪
Doo, doo ♪
Don't let me be misunderstood ♪
I try so hard, so please ♪
Don't let me be misunderstood ♪
(SONG FADES OUT)
(EGG CRACKING, SHELLS DISCARDED)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Wow.
CANDY: Are the kids awake?
- (PAT SCOFFS)
- (STOPS WHISKING)
Are the kids awake?
Candy, it's 6:30 in the morning.
Are you alright?
Yeah, why wouldn't I be alright?
MURPHY: Did Mrs. Montgomery
ever mention getting a divorce?
She mentioned it once.
She said
maybe when her kids were
grown, that she still had
a-a life to lead and
- A life to lead with you?
- No.
Um, no, that was never
W-We never contemplated a future
I loved Betty, and Candy knew that.
Did your wife ever find out
you were having an affair?
If she did, she never
let on. I don't think so.
Did you k*ll your wife?
No.
Do you know who did?
♪
No.
Mr. Gore, at this time, we're gonna have
to read you your legal
rights as prescribed by law.
You have the right to remain silent.
(ECHOING, FADING) Anything you say
can and will be used against you
in a court of law. You
have a right to an attorney.
If you can't afford one,
- one will be provided to you
- (DISTANT SIREN)
(BARELY AUDIBLE) Do you understand
these rights as I've read them to you?
- (HEART b*ating)
- ("HEART AND SOUL" PLAYS ON PIANO)
- (CONTINUES PLAYING "HEART AND SOUL")
- (PHONE RINGING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
CHIEF ABBOTT (ON PHONE):
Uh, Mrs. Montgomery?
Yeah, Chief Abbott here.
- Oh, hi.
- ABBOTT: Uh, sorry to bother you at home.
- Mm-hmm.
- ABBOTT: Uh, listen,
we had a couple more
questions and so forth.
Um, wondering if you
could just pop back in here
if it's not too much of an imposition.
It's just routine.
We need to take your prints,
so we can screen out the prints
of family and friends who
were in the house that day.
Okay.
Sure are a lot of folks here today.
ABBOTT: Yes, ma'am.
(MUFFLED POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
COCHRAN: So, you made mention of a, uh,
a "Marriage Encounter"?
(SIGHS) Yes, well, we mainly went
because Allan and Betty swore by it.
As did the Garlingtons.
Very big on communication,
expressing your feelings,
and so forth.
Yeah.
Do you know if Betty
Gore was having an affair?
(DISTANT SIREN)
No.
No, I-I wouldn't know about that.
Do you know whether Allan
Gore was having an affair?
No.
MURPHY: What about you and your husband?
Have either of you had
any outside affairs?
Pat wouldn't do that.
But you would?
♪
I did.
You did?
Mm-hmm.
With who?
I had an affair with Allan Gore.
(ABBOTT SIGHS DEEPLY)
You m*rder*d Betty Gore, didn't you?
(QUIETLY) No, I didn't.
I think you did.
You're wrong.
MURPHY: Well, you seem pretty
composed in your denial.
You know, most people
get accused of m*rder,
they react with hysterics.
You're cool as a cucumber.
♪
Betty Gore was your friend.
You slept with her husband
and then you cut her up with an axe.
You just chopped and chopped
and chopped and chopped on her,
and then you sit here
and lie to us about it.
You make me so sick,
I can't even stay in the
same room with you anymore.
(CLEARS THROAT) Well
You know, my grandfather
always used to say,
"Sometimes in a bad situation,
all you can do is make the best of it."
I think the best thing
that you can do here,
Mrs. Montgomery, is tell us the truth.
I didn't m*rder her.
I didn't do it.
Well, I think you did.
And I think a jury might think you did.
If I show 'em this fingerprint,
and I tell 'em it's your print,
and I show 'em the footprints
- in Betty Gore's house
- They're gonna think I did it, too.
But, I didn't.
You care if we looked over your car?
(SIGHS)
No.
(MUFFLED STREET CHATTER)
You know, you're tryin' to pin
something on me and that's not right.
You're tryin' to manipulate me
to admit something I didn't do.
Those sandals?
Mind if we kept those shoes for a while?
No.
Appreciate if we could have
the shoes you're wearing, too.
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
This is not fair what you're doin'.
(UNZIPS PURSE)
(KEYS JINGLE)
DON: They actually came
right out and accused you?
And they weren't very
nice about it either.
- Jesus.
- PAT: Honey.
Tell him about the affair.
Go ahead.
(MUFFLED PHONE RINGING)
Hold on. Hold on.
Before we say anything else,
you need to retain me as counsel
so we have attorney-client privilege.
Pat, write me out a check.
Doesn't matter what it's for.
- $100, and put the date and time on it.
- Okay.
And do it outside in the outer office.
- I need to talk to Candy alone.
- Why?
Because I do.
Just wait outside
or drive around for 10 or 15 minutes.
Okay.
(SIGHS)
What affair?
I had an affair with Allan Gore.
But it's over.
It has been over for eight months.
Did Betty know about that?
It seems she might have. She
brought it up. On the day.
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS, INHALES)
- Did the police read you your rights?
- No.
I'm gonna pay a little visit
to the police on process.
Meantime, I want you to
call all the women at church.
Everyone who saw you at
Bible school last Friday,
ask them if they remember
what you were wearin'.
What? Why?
For you to have done
what they're suggesting,
you'd have had blood all over you.
I wanna establish a record
that you looked normal,
and you'd be surprised
how fast memories can fade,
- so do this today.
- Don
Just do it, Candy.
And if you can pass a
private polygraph test,
we might be able to
clear this up right away.
And no communication whatsoever
- going forward with Allan Gore.
- (SCOFFS)
We don't know what
he's saying or to who.
You do not talk to him.
He leaves for Kansas today anyway.
There's another service tomorrow.
- SOLOIST (SINGING): I come to the garden ♪
- (ORGAN PLAYING)
Alone ♪
While the dew ♪
Is still on the roses ♪
And the voice I hear ♪
Falling on my ear ♪
The son of God ♪
Discloses ♪
And he walks with me ♪
And he talks with me ♪
- (ALLAN SIGHS)
- (BERTHA SNIFFLING)
(BABY STARTS CRYING)
- (SINGING CONTINUES)
- (CRYING GROWS LOUDER)
As we tarry there ♪
None other has ever ♪
Known ♪
- ALLAN: Yes, sir.
- (QUIET CHATTER)
No, I wouldn't
I wouldn't have a problem with that.
Oh, I don't have anything to say
that I haven't already told you.
I understand.
- (DOOR SHUTS)
- (CHATTER CONTINUES)
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
What's going on?
Is there some place where we
can go and talk in private,
you, me, and Bertha?
Sure. Come over here.
ALLAN: This is the hardest thing
I've ever had to do.
- (BREEZE BLOWING)
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
I had
an affair with a woman.
And it wasn't
anything. She didn't
mean anything to me.
It's over now.
♪
Um, it's been over for
more than six months.
BERTHA: My God, Allan. How could you?
(DOOR OPENS, SHUTS)
ALLAN: The reason
I'm telling you this is
because I've talked to the police
and, uh
they tell me she is a suspect
in the m*rder.
The woman you had an affair with?
ALLAN: Yes. Uh
her name is Candy Montgomery,
and she was the woman
They think she did it?
It seems so. Uh
Has she been arrested?
- No, I don't
- (DOOR OPENS)
Honey, can you please just
give us a few more minutes?
From what I understand,
she is the main suspect.
♪
- (NEWS CHATTER ON TV)
- (VACUUM WHIRRING)
REPORTER (ON TV): but
these recent developments
have the quiet Dallas suburb on edge.
No evidence of a
break-in, you'll recall
there was no sign of forced entry.
And we've been told the police
consider it more than likely
that Betty Gore was m*rder*d
by someone she knew.
- And now, an Eyewitness News report on the recent
- (SHERRY SIGHS)
- (TV CONTINUES)
- It's in the papers, too.
"Female friend of Allan Gore."
What are the lawyers tellin' her?
(VACUUM CONTINUES)
She hasn't said.
She say anything to you?
No.
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
It's okay. I'll get it.
(SIGHS) Thank you.
- (VACUUM STOPS)
- SHERRY: I'll get it.
(TV CONTINUES)
(DOOR OPENS)
- May I help you?
- Hi.
I'm looking for Candy Montgomery.
- A reporter from where?
- "The Times Herald." And there's stuff
on the television, in the newspapers.
I mean, the police are
clearly talkin' to the media.
Well, this is gonna get
rougher before it gets better.
I think a little media
prep would be a good idea.
Can you come to my house?
Yeah. When?
- Like, right now.
- I'm on my way.
("TAKE A CHANCE ON ME"
BY ABBA PLAYING ON RADIO)
Honey, I'm still free ♪
(QUIETLY CHANTING) Take a chance, take a
chance, take a chance, take a chance
(SINGS ALONG) Let me
know, gonna be around ♪
If you got no place to go ♪
If you're feeling down ♪
- If you're all alone! ♪
- (MUSIC GROWS LOUDER)
When the pretty birds have flown ♪
Honey, I'm still free ♪
Take a chance on me ♪
Gonna do my very best ♪
And it ain't no lie ♪
If you put me to the test ♪
If you let me try ♪
Take a chance on me ♪
- (SONG FADES OUT)
- (INSECTS CHIRPING)
DON: The police aren't exactly sharing,
but I can't believe they
really think you did it.
And I don't think you did it.
That said (LAUGHS)
there are three people in the
world you should never lie to.
Your pastor, your doctor,
and your lawyer. So
don't lie to me, Candy. Okay?
Okay.
I think you know who did do it.
I think you're covering up somethin'.
Who are you covering for?
No one.
♪
- Candy
- Hm?
(DON INHALES)
The truth has a way of comin' out,
and I need to be prepared for it
if I'm gonna do you any good.
Did you walk in on somethin'?
And get scared?
No.
- Candy
- Allan didn't do it.
- You're sure?
- Positive.
How can you be positive?
(QUIETLY) Because I did it.
What?
I did it.
♪
I don't believe you.
She came at me.
So, I did it.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
- (DOORS CREAK)
- (DON SHARPLY INHALES)
DON: Pat doesn't know?
Oh, of course not.
What would he do if you told him?
(CANDY INHALES DEEPLY)
I don't know. He's a very
honest person. He might tell
the police for my own good.
Then, you definitely do not tell Pat.
You understand?
You tell nobody.
The only person you
talk to about this is me.
(DON GROANS)
Also
you should know.
Well, I, I talk a pretty good
game in the church parking lot,
but I've never tried
a criminal case in my life.
I-I'm a personal injury guy.
You're gonna need an
experienced criminal attorney.
Now, I got a young kid.
His name is Robert Udashen.
Smart as hell.
But, we may need to get somebody
beyond that even.
Somebody big.
'Cause this here is
No, I want someone that I can trust.
I want you.
Candy, you need a
real criminal attorney.
I want you.
INTERVIEWER 1: Do you know
who caused your wife's death?
- No.
- You went outside to pet the dog?
They just got a new puppy, yes.
On or about June 13th, 1980,
are you yourself the one
who caused your wife's death?
No.
INTERVIEWER 2: After you pet the puppy,
you went into the utility
room to get Alisa's swimsuit?
- Yes.
- INTERVIEWER 1: At the time your wife was k*lled,
were you physically present in the home?
- No.
- INTERVIEWER 2: Is that when you cut your foot?
In the utility room?
INTERVIEWER 1: Did you plan or set up
with anyone to have your wife k*lled?
- No.
- (RATTLING)
Did you cut your foot
in the utility room?
I don't wanna talk about that.
- No.
- CANDY: I don't wanna talk
about anything that
happened in that room.
(RATTLING)
No.
- (INSECTS CHIRPING)
- (INHALES)
I don't like that you're smoking again.
Well, if someone accused
you of chopping up a person
with an axe, you would maybe smoke, too.
(INHALES)
- (CANDY SIGHS)
- (SCRATCHING)
- (CANDY SIGHS)
- Hey, what happened
to that pair of thongs
that you used to wear?
I gave those to the police.
No, not, not those. The other pair.
Oh, uh
I don't know. I threw them away.
When?
A while ago. I don't know. (LAUGHS)
Why are you being so
curious all of a sudden?
(SIGHS) Maybe if I'd been a
little more curious before,
we wouldn't be in this situation.
♪
What's that supposed to mean?
It's supposed to mean
what it means, Candy.
(SOFT SCOFF)
I don't like this tone.
I'm wondering if she's maybe got some
split personality or something.
Have you seen signs of that before?
Never.
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (INHALES)
She's like the most normal
person on the planet.
Word is Allan Gore passed his polygraph.
What are they waitin' for then?
I don't know.
I'm also hearing that Betty
was universally unliked.
At the church. At the
school where she taught.
They could still be running down leads,
going through the
process of elimination.
Come on.
Eliminating people who'd
wanna take an axe to her?
How long can the list be?
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
CANDY: Do people actually think
that I'm involved in this?
Of course, they don't.
The people in this town know you, Candy.
And they know that the idea of you
It's ridiculous.
Even Pat. (SCOFFS)
But you know that I'm
innocent, don't you?
- Of course, I do.
- No, I couldn't do that.
(PHONE RINGING)
- (PHONE RINGING)
- (CANDY SIGHS)
- Hello?
- DON (ON PHONE): Candy.
I'm afraid it's happenin'.
They just issued a
warrant for your arrest.
(PHONES RINGING)
Are you there?
♪
- Yeah, I'm here.
- DON: Okay.
I'm passin' the phone to
Robert. You do as he says.
ROBERT UDASHEN (ON PHONE): Candy,
after we hang up, get yourself
to Don's office right away.
We wanna have positive control
over the surrender, okay?
Where's Pat?
At work.
ROBERT: Okay, call him.
The bond will be set for $100,000.
That means you'll need to
come up with $10,000 today
- to avoid you being put in jail.
- (CANDY SIGHS)
We're in the process of
tracking down a bail bondsman,
but we need to have all that in
place before we turn you in, okay?
Yeah.
- ROBERT: Alright.
- (HANGS UP)
♪
(PANTING)
SHERRY: If anything, this just
shows how desperate they are.
You are low-hanging fruit, that's all.
(NEWS CHATTER ON RADIO)
REPORTER (ON RADIO): Our top
story today is local housewife.
Candace Lynn Montgomery is
being sought this afternoon
after being charged with m*rder
in the hacking death of Betty Gore
(SCRUBBING THROUGH
STATIONS, SHUTS OFF RADIO)
- (PAT SIGHS)
- Are they gonna put Mommy in jail?
♪
Well,
we know Mommy,
and we love Mommy.
We know she didn't do it.
We
We all love her.
She lives here, for God's sake,
and she's been under
investigation for a week.
If she wanted to run, she
woulda done it already.
- Robert, judge's clerk on three!
- Alright. Just
I'm sorry. Give me one moment.
- (CLICKS PHONE)
- Hello?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Good. You're here.
Uh, why don't you wait in the kitchen
while we sort this bond
business? It could take a while.
I got Judge Ryan's clerk
calling. He wants her there now.
Well, he's not gettin' her now.
He doesn't even have jurisdiction yet.
(ROBERT SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
(SIGHS) Could you take
her in the kitchen?
You okay?
- Fine.
- Okay. Come on.
REPORTER: We were told Mrs. Montgomery
would be surrendering herself,
but that hasn't happened yet.
Now, Mrs. Montgomery has
no prior arrest record,
has a stellar reputation
in the community,
and is an active member
in the local church,
which makes bail a possibility,
even in a gruesome m*rder such as this.
We are not delaying, Your Honor.
We're just having a
problem with the bond,
which should resolve itself any moment.
Look, given the hour,
maybe it makes sense
- to bring Mrs. Montgomery in the morning.
- JUDGE RYAN (ON PHONE): Oh, bullshit.
I don't give a damn
how late the hour is.
Get Crowder on the phone in a hurry!
Y-Yes, sir.
He'd like to speak to you.
It's Judge Ryan.
How we doing, Judge?
JUDGE (ON PHONE): Crowder, what
the hell you trying to pull?
- We're working on the bond.
- JUDGE: Bullshit.
DON: And what do you even care?
This is not in your court or any court.
This is still a sheriff's matter.
- We will have her up there.
- JUDGE: Well, you better.
Like, right now if you
know what's good for you.
- (SIGHS)
- (SLAMS PHONE)
Fat f*ck.
Hey, we better get her up there.
Pissing off a district
judge is not what we need.
You go and, uh, I'll stay here
and lock down the bond. Fat f*ck.
- (METAL RATTLING)
- Candy.
I made cookies.
It's time.
♪
So, why isn't Don coming?
It's a bit "all hands on deck."
This will just be an arraignment.
You won't have to do
anything or say anything.
We'll enter a plea of not guilty,
have a brief discussion of bail.
We should be in and out in 20 minutes.
- Okay.
- (MUFFLED CROWD CHATTER)
Oh, sh*t.
CANDY: What's all this?
This would be us.
- Oh, my God.
- (CROWD CHATTER GETS LOUDER)
What's gonna happen?
ROBERT: Say nothing
and stick by my side.
I'm gonna pull into the sally port,
and they'll close the door down
- after the public. Okay?
- Okay.
- (GATE RATTLING)
- (REPORTERS YELLING)
(SHUTTERS SNAPPING)
(REPORTERS CONTINUE YELLING)
♪
(MUFFLED YELLING)
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
- Ah
- Just do not open your door.
- CANDY: Okay.
- (YELLING CONTINUES)
Follow me.
- (SHUTTER SNAPS)
- (MUFFLED, DISTORTED YELLING)
(ECHOING DOOR SLAMS)
(DISTORTED YELLING)
- (MUFFLED) Candace Lynn Montgomery?
- Mm-hmm.
You are under arrest.
You're under arrest for
the offense of m*rder.
- (HANDCUFFS CLICK)
- You have the right to remain silent.
- (MUFFLED) Are you kidding me?
- (MUFFLED) Anything you say can and
will be used against you.
You have the right to an attorney.
♪
- No, you can't go with her.
- What? Why not?
You gotta go through the main entrance.
- Don't talk to anybody!
- (REPORTERS YELLING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(SHUTTER SNAPPING)
(POLICE CHATTER)
♪
FEMALE OFFICER: Take off
your shirt and hand it to me.
Alright, now take off your
pants, and hand them to me.
Now, take off your bra.
(SHUTTER SNAPPING)
(SHUTTER SNAPS)
(SHUTTER SNAPS)
(SHOWER RUNNING)
♪
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
(FAUCETS SQUEAK, SHOWER STOPS)
DON: They f*cked us.
- She's in jail!?
- They wouldn't accept our bond.
Don, Don, you told me
you would get her out.
- DON (ON PHONE): Pat
- You told me!
Robert negotiated the terms of surrender
with the sheriff and the DA.
They didn't do what we agreed to do.
Why? Why the hell not?
Because they're assholes,
and they wanted to make a grand showing.
The bond came from Dallas
County. Technically,
they have the right to refuse
an out-of-county bond,
and that's what they did.
Oh, my God! (SIGHS)
DON: We will have her out
first thing, I promise you.
They want a w*r? We'll give it to 'em.
REPORTER (ON TV): She
reportedly was having an affair
with Betty Gore's husband, Allan Gore.
She was also the last person
to see Betty Gore alive.
And we're being told the bloody
thumbprint from the freezer door
- is a match with the suspect.
- (SHUTS OFF TV)
♪
BETTY (ECHOING): Be with me
(LIGHT CLICKS)
(ECHOING YELL)
(DISTORTED SCREAMING FADING IN)
(ECHOING SCREAMING)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
- (FOOTSTEPS)
- (CLOCK TICKING)
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
- Elaine?
- Hey, Allan.
I'm dropping off.
The food, remember? I called.
It's my turn tomorrow,
- but I'll be out of town, so
- Oh. Yes, yes.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
Well, I'll leave you to it. (LAUGHS)
DON: Anyone who has
looked at this crime
for more than five minutes knows
it had to be performed by a man.
Candy Montgomery couldn't
even lift an axe like that,
much less swing it.
REPORTER: What do you
think happened then?
Well, we got a number of
people we're investigating.
I'm not at liberty to use any names,
but I'll say this right now.
The case against Candy Montgomery
is one big pile of wet hooey.
ROBERT: I'm not sure talking to
the media like that is a good idea.
The police are talkin'.
We need to keep pace.
ROBERT: It could backfire.
Are you lookin' at these newspapers?
- (SLAMS PAPER)
- (PHONES RINGING)
She's suddenly the Scarlet Woman!
The brazen, axe-wielding hussy!
If we don't stay ahead of that,
she's gonna be as good as convicted
by the time we call the first witness!
(SIGHS)
♪
Candace Montgomery surrendered
to authorities last night
with a curious, bewildering smile.
She had been a suspect
for more than a week.
Her lawyer and the Collin County DA
struck an agreement allowing
her to turn herself in.
Bond was set at $100,000.
DON: Here's the thing about trials.
They're f*ck-fests.
Both sides trying to
f*ck each other over.
It's not cat and mouse,
it's not a chess game,
and it's not civil.
I'm not going to go gently
on them and, full disclosure,
I won't be treading lightly on you.
If we're gonna win this,
I need to take over,
and you need to do
everything I tell you.
- Okay.
- DON: First thing,
lose some weight.
I want you as small as possible.
I'm not exactly sure what my
legal strategy will be yet,
but I want the full menu available,
including, "Look how tiny she is.
She couldn't possibly
have overtaken Betty Gore
and swung an axe that big."
You also need to change your hair.
Somethin' more conservative.
I'll choose your wardrobe.
And this is a big one.
No matter how tough you think you are,
I don't want you acting tough.
I'll be the tough guy.
You'll be the mousy housewife.
The mother. The singer
in the church choir.
Speaking of that, no more in that choir
- till after this is over.
- That choir is my salvation.
Pick another one.
You are being very aggressive with me.
DON: You're damn right I am.
I don't feel I got
the whole picture here.
There's the Candy Montgomery I know,
and the one who chopped up Betty Gore.
She. Came. At me!
(SIGHS)
Robert thinks it's a good idea
for you to meet with a psychiatrist.
- (SCOFFS)
- His name is Dr. Fred Fason, outta Houston.
(LAUGHS) Houston? I can't go to Houston!
Yes, you can!
For me to help you, I need to
know exactly what I'm dealing with.
Which, right now, I don't.
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
♪
CANDY: He also wants to change venue.
He thinks Galveston.
Galveston?
Or Port Arthur. Just
someplace where people
are more used to m*rder.
Uh, um, okay.
What's he saying about
the case? The strategy?
He doesn't want me to talk about it.
What do you mean?
I mean, he doesn't want
me to talk about it.
- Not even with me?
- No, not with anyone.
And honestly, Pat, I don't
want to. I'm so tired.
I'm just gonna turn this whole
matter over to God and Don,
and just not talk about
it with anybody else.
Candy, I am your husband.
You need to talk to me.
- (SLAMS TABLE)
- Do you know what I need?
I need to follow my lawyer's advice.
He's in charge. Don Crowder.
And God.
In case you haven't noticed,
I'm not doing too good.
♪
I know, baby. And I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. (SIGHS)
We will get through this.
I'm not exactly sure how, but we will.
(KISS SMACKS)
DON (ON PHONE): She's gonna need
the support of this congregation.
I st-still can't believe it.
Every worshipper here is a
potential character witness
and knows the idea of her
doing this is bullshit.
And Ron
- It ain't just gonna be Candy.
- What do you mean?
This church will be put on trial.
Lucas Methodist will never
survive a m*rder conviction
against one of its congregants.
But
we just built our new sanctuary.
God knows Candy couldn't have done this.
The congregation needs to
understand that God knows this.
The pastor is the one
that needs to tell 'em.
I understand.
REPORTER: The courtroom is already
packed with those
lucky enough to get in.
Of course, the lawyers and
members of the media are present,
but one person not in that room today
is the defendant, Candy Montgomery.
For pretrial motions, in
this case, change of venue,
her attendance is not required.
And we're being told that
not only is she not here,
she's not even in the jurisdiction.
JUDGE RYAN: Alright now.
Before we get to the matter of venue,
y'all better listen to me.
Been a little too much
jabberin' by both sides
to the newspapers and whatnot.
I don't wanna see or hear or read
anything in the media that
has Don Crowder's name to it,
Robert Udashen's name to it,
Tom O'Connell's, Jack Pepper,
anyone involved in the
prosecution of this case.
And if I do,
I'ma put you in jail.
And then, you're gonna
have to try your lawsuit
- from a cell block.
- (SHUTTER SNAPS)
Show's over, gentlemen.
And if you want to test me
I invite it.
Now, on venue.
Mr. Crowder, I've seen your papers,
and I am not impressed.
- (CHAIR SCRAPES)
- Actually, Judge,
those papers are meant to be read.
If you look closely,
you'll see words on 'em,
- arranged in a particular order, even.
- (SHUTTER SNAPS)
(MURMURING, SNICKERING)
(QUIETLY): What are you doing?
DON (QUIETLY): I'm not
gonna let him walk all over us.
Fat f*ck.
(PUTS DOWN SUNGLASSES)
I've already got half a mind to
bounce you from this whole deal.
On what grounds?
JUDGE: On the grounds
you're outta your league some.
What business do you have
taking on a criminal case,
especially one of this magnitude?
I'm here because my client hired me.
As is her right.
Maybe we could kick off
with that little refresher.
Criminal defendants get rights.
- Tread carefully, Mr. Crowder.
- Come on, Don.
This trial should not
be held in Collin County.
JUDGE: I would think you'd beg for it.
Folks here might know your client
to have a modicum of goodness.
To the rest of the nation,
she's an axe m*rder*r.
And what is she to you, Judge?
I just call balls and strikes.
And it's strike one on you right now.
The defense called a
total of seven witnesses,
submitted nine sworn affidavits,
and, without exception,
they all testified that
every living, breathing person
in Collin County with access
to a radio, TV, or newspaper
thinks Candy Montgomery
to be guilty of m*rder.
In the end, Judge Ryan felt
that they would be able
to ignore their preconceived opinions,
and he denied the
motion to change venue.
- (REPORTERS YELLING)
- I'm not running a beauty pageant.
I'm not running for God.
- I'm Tom Ryan.
- (REPORTERS CONTINUE YELLING)
- (CANDY SIGHS)
- (SHUTS OFF TV, DROPS REMOTE)
Don doesn't like him one bit,
and I'm beginnin' to see why.
What is this trip to Houston about?
They want her to meet
with some psychiatrist.
I don't, I don't know exactly why.
Well, what's Candy tellin' you?
She doesn't wanna talk about it.
That doesn't make sense, Pat.
Well, I don't I don't
wanna put pressure on her.
Is she guilty of this?
No.
- No.
- You have doubts.
(SIGHS) Questions, maybe.
- Like?
- Like
Why would she throw away her thongs?
Why can't she discuss the case with me?
And
why did she have cuts
and bruises all over her?
Did you ask her about those things?
No, I-I can't. Any time I
(CREAKING, FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(SIGHS) What'd I miss?
I don't understand why you
have to be so secretive.
Oh gosh, I told you, Pat.
It's because the
lawyers want it that way.
JACKIE: Candy!
You oughta be more open with Pat.
And me, for that matter.
Is there anything that happened that day
you haven't told us about?
♪
I did not m*rder Betty Gore.
You and I are back-door friends.
I did not do it.
- (AIRPORT CHATTER)
- CANDY: Everybody thinks I'm a monster.
My former pastor, maybe my husband.
I don't know how much more
of this I can take, Don.
Candy, let's first secure your freedom,
then we can worry about
what folks think of you.
I have to tell Pat. He
knows I'm not being honest.
For today, our focus is Dr. Fason.
I don't know what's so
special about this Dr. Fason.
He can help us win at trial,
which makes him special to
me, and I would think to you.
What exactly do I tell him?
DON: I told you. You
tell him everything.
Which includes the room.
You have to tell him everything
that happened in that room.
- Hello.
- (FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GIGGLING)
Hi.
(HUSHED MURMURING)
Did you see that?
I'm a sideshow!
(INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)
PAT: It's not right!
It's not right that I'm
being kept in the dark!
She's gonna fall apart!
I can't help her if I
don't know what's going on!
It's lawyer-client privilege, Pat.
I'm her g*dd*mn husband!
I want you to pick a
point out on the wall.
Focus on it.
(SIGHS)
Now, take a deep breath.
- (CANDY INHALES)
- Filling your chest. Good.
Slowly let the air out,
- completely emptying your lungs.
- (EXHALES)
Very good. Again.
- Deep breath in.
- (INHALES)
Slowly let the air out,
- completely emptying the lungs.
- (EXHALES)
Everything here is safe.
Calm.
Peaceful.
(EXHALES)
As you relax, your eyes may
feel heavy and want to close.
That's okay. Let them drift and fall.
(SIGHS)
Listen to your body.
You are in complete
control of this time.
You really think this will help?
I have no idea.
It can't hurt.
We're going to go back to June 13.
When you went into Betty
Gore's utility room.
When I snap my fingers, you
will begin re-experiencing
and relating that time
as you go through it.
One
Two
- Three.
- (SNAP)
(SOFT, RAGGED SIGH)
DR. FASON: What's happening, Candy?
You can tell me.
When I reach the count of three,
your thoughts and your feelings
will get stronger and stronger.
Stronger and stronger
and stronger. So strong,
you will have to verbalize
them and express them.
One
- Two. So strong, you will have to get them out.
- (CANDY SIGHS)
Three. Let them out.
♪
What's that you're feeling, Candy?
Hate.
Okay.
You hate her.
Express your feelings.
- Stronger and stronger.
- (CANDY INHALES)
(GASPS) (QUIETLY) I hate her
Say it loud.
(QUIETLY) I hate her.
- Louder.
- (DISTORTED SCREAM)
(LOUDER) I hate her!
(GASPS) She's ruined my whole life.
- Look at this.
- (DISTORTED SCREAM)
I hate her!
(MUFFLED) I hate her!
When I count to three,
I want you to go back in time
to when she's shoving you.
You're in the utility room,
and she's shoving you. Just relax.
One
Two
- Three.
- (DISTORTED ECHOING)
(WHIMPERING)
DR. FASON: What's happening now?
Go through it.
(MUFFLED WHIMPERING)
- (GASPING, MOANING)
- DR. FASON: Feeling's very strong.
You hear that?
(MUFFLED MOANING)
She sounds like a wounded animal.
I don't want him.
- (ECHOING) You can't have him!
- No
The feelings are getting stronger.
(GASPS) I don't want him!
(GASPS) Why are you doing this?
(GASPS) Betty!
- What is she doing now? Tell me, Candy.
- (CANDY GASPS)
- You
- Shh
- (ECHOING CHATTER)
- Stop! You stop!
Stop! Stop it! Stop!
(SCREAMS) Stop!
What the hell?
- Should we go in there?
- (MUFFLED GASPING)
(LOUD GASP)
(WHIMPERING) Oh no
(CANDY CRYING)
- (CANDY SHUDDERS)
- It's okay.
(WHIMPERING)
It's over now.
- DR. FASON: You're okay.
- (GASPS)
You can't do that
Candy, do you ever recall
being this mad before?
(BREATHING QUIETS)
Maybe when you were little?
Let's go back in time.
One. Back in time. Two.
Three.
- How old are you, Candy?
- Four.
Four years old.
Why are you so mad?
♪
Why so mad?
- Shush
- (RUMBLING)
- Shush.
- (YOUNG CANDY CRYING, SCREAMING)
Shh! What will they think
of you in the waiting room?
Stop crying. Shh!
Shh!
- And how does it feel when she says "shh"?
- (ECHOING SHUSHING)
I wanna scream.
Candy, on the count of three,
- you're gonna scream all you want. One
- I can't.
You can. Two.
Three.
(PRIMAL SCREAM)
(CANDY GASPS)
(SHUDDERS)
Is this real?
(CANDY GASPS)
Could she be faking?
Candy, on three, you will feel no pain.
You are incapable of
feeling any pain whatsoever.
One, two, three.
♪
On three, you will feel very, very cold.
Very cold. One. Two.
Three.
(SIGHS)
(DEEP BREATHING)
Look there.
(CANDY SIGHS)
DR. FASON: You ever know
anyone to fake a goosebump?
(CANDY SIGHS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
- (DON SIGHS)
- (PHONE RINGS)
Well, what did he say?
That
you snapped.
That you're not a sociopath.
You, uh, you just snapped.
("THIS GIRL IS A WOMAN NOW" BY GARY
PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP PLAYING)
(SONG PLAYS ON RADIO)
This girl walked in dreams ♪
So, what exactly did you talk about?
- (SONG CONTINUES)
- (CUTLERY CLINKING)
Oh, just all kinds of this and that.
Honestly, I'm not really
sure of the point. I'm just
glad to be back.
Can you eat your Brussels
sprouts, young man?
- (FORK CLANGS)
- You, too, missy.
Her life and dreams were rearranged ♪
Can Alisa still come for sleepovers?
Of course, she can, sweetie.
She's still your best friend, right?
It would be nice to have Alisa
over. I bet she misses you.
(PHONE RINGING)
I'll get it.
This girl is a woman now ♪
Hello?
Pat, it's Don Crowder.
Don't say anything. Just
listen for a bit, okay?
(SIGHS) Candy says
you wanna know the
truth about everything.
I'm thinking that's a good idea.
So I'm gonna tell you what happened.
- Is that okay, Pat?
- (SIGHS) Yes. Yeah, that's fine.
I'm gonna tell you exactly.
As tender as the gentle dawn ♪
- JENNY: Mom?
- CANDY: Mm-hmm?
- JENNY: What's gonna happen?
- CANDY: Well
There will just be a little trial.
- And they will present evidence and so forth.
- Our hearts told us we were right ♪
CANDY: And then, the jury will find that
I'm innocent.
And we can all go back
to being a normal family.
Born ♪
- Wouldn't that be fun?
- IAN: Yes.
This girl is a woman now ♪
She's learned how to give ♪
This girl is a woman now ♪
She's found out ♪
What it's all about ♪
And she's learning ♪
Learning ♪
To live ♪
This girl is a woman now ♪
She's learned how to give ♪
This girl is a woman now ♪
She's found out ♪
What it's all about ♪
And she's learning, learning ♪
Learning ♪
To live ♪
This girl is a woman now ♪
She's learned how to give ♪
This girl is a woman now ♪
She's found out ♪
What it's all about ♪
And she's learning, learning ♪
Learning ♪
To live ♪
This girl is a woman now ♪