1 00:00:10,568 --> 00:00:15,735 ♪ ("JINGLE BELLS" PLAYING) ♪ 2 00:00:36,443 --> 00:00:38,985 MAN ON PHONE: Now, you two have done good so far. 3 00:00:39,068 --> 00:00:41,110 So, keep calm, keep breathing right. 4 00:00:41,193 --> 00:00:42,443 It's almost over. 5 00:00:42,527 --> 00:00:43,735 What are they saying now? 6 00:00:43,819 --> 00:00:45,068 Shut up. 7 00:00:45,151 --> 00:00:46,610 MAN ON PHONE: You shouldn't talk to your wife that way. 8 00:00:46,694 --> 00:00:47,568 She's been through a lot. 9 00:00:47,652 --> 00:00:48,568 MATTHEW DODSON: Listen here! 10 00:00:48,652 --> 00:00:49,902 MAN ON PHONE: No, you listen. 11 00:00:49,985 --> 00:00:52,068 You listen and do exactly what the fuck I tell you to do 12 00:00:52,151 --> 00:00:54,235 or this ends real bad. 13 00:00:54,318 --> 00:00:57,110 Do you see that desk behind you? 14 00:00:57,193 --> 00:01:00,902 Put your fancy fucking suitcase on that desk. 15 00:01:00,985 --> 00:01:02,985 Not until I see my son. 16 00:01:03,068 --> 00:01:04,402 MAN ON PHONE: All right. 17 00:01:04,485 --> 00:01:06,610 They're loading up a car up above, 18 00:01:06,694 --> 00:01:08,568 your kid's in that car. 19 00:01:08,652 --> 00:01:11,944 Put the case on the desk and open it up. 20 00:01:12,026 --> 00:01:13,819 O-- O-- O-- Okay. Hold-- Hold on. 21 00:01:18,652 --> 00:01:20,318 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 22 00:01:23,318 --> 00:01:24,276 I'm here. 23 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,235 MAN ON PHONE: We're gonna give you a look. 24 00:01:26,318 --> 00:01:28,610 You see the kid, you run down the street. 25 00:01:28,694 --> 00:01:31,026 Get the kid off the car, don't look back, 26 00:01:31,110 --> 00:01:32,110 and never say a word about it. 27 00:01:32,193 --> 00:01:33,568 He's on the car. Charlie's on the car. 28 00:01:33,652 --> 00:01:34,985 MAN ON PHONE: Do we understand each other? 29 00:01:35,068 --> 00:01:36,443 -Yes, yes. -Please. Please don't hurt him. 30 00:01:36,527 --> 00:01:38,110 MAN ON PHONE: Here it comes. 31 00:01:38,193 --> 00:01:42,527 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 32 00:01:52,527 --> 00:01:53,902 EMILY DODSON: Charlie. 33 00:02:04,694 --> 00:02:05,985 MAN: Let's go, let's go! 34 00:02:07,860 --> 00:02:09,527 (BELL DINGING) 35 00:02:15,151 --> 00:02:16,944 -EMILY: Excuse me. -MATTHEW: Move, move. 36 00:02:17,026 --> 00:02:18,068 Excuse me. 37 00:02:20,068 --> 00:02:21,985 (EMILY BREATHING FRANTICALLY) 38 00:02:22,068 --> 00:02:24,694 (SOBBING) Oh, Charlie boy. Charlie boy. 39 00:02:24,777 --> 00:02:26,485 MATTHEW: Jesus. 40 00:02:26,568 --> 00:02:28,777 EMILY: Oh, you're such a brave boy. 41 00:02:28,860 --> 00:02:30,193 You're not crying. 42 00:02:30,735 --> 00:02:33,235 (SOBBING) 43 00:02:37,068 --> 00:02:39,652 Matthew. Matthew. 44 00:02:39,735 --> 00:02:40,652 MATTHEW: Yes. 45 00:02:40,735 --> 00:02:43,110 What's wrong? What's wrong with him? 46 00:02:43,193 --> 00:02:44,568 What's wrong with him? 47 00:02:45,610 --> 00:02:46,985 (GASPS) 48 00:02:47,068 --> 00:02:49,026 -Charlie! -(SCREAMS) 49 00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:50,443 Jesus Christ! 50 00:02:50,527 --> 00:02:53,276 -(CRYING) -Help! Help! 51 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:55,151 Jesus! 52 00:02:57,235 --> 00:02:58,443 Help! 53 00:02:58,819 --> 00:03:00,110 Help! 54 00:03:17,402 --> 00:03:19,860 PETE STRICKLAND: Okay, Mason, here's one for you. 55 00:03:19,944 --> 00:03:22,110 Are you being cheated out of life's thrills? 56 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:26,318 Probably. 57 00:03:26,402 --> 00:03:28,777 PETE: Love, romance, excitement? 58 00:03:29,568 --> 00:03:30,652 Never heard of them. 59 00:03:30,735 --> 00:03:32,402 PETE: Mayhaps you should read Lipstick Girl 60 00:03:32,485 --> 00:03:33,777 by Edna Robb Webster. 61 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:35,443 PERRY MASON: Never heard of her. 62 00:03:35,527 --> 00:03:37,568 (CHUBBY CARMICHAEL BELCHES) 63 00:03:37,652 --> 00:03:39,735 PETE: Hey, what do you know? It begins today. 64 00:03:39,819 --> 00:03:42,402 Forty cents for two coffees and toast? 65 00:03:42,485 --> 00:03:44,568 How many gallons do you throw in the truck? 66 00:03:44,652 --> 00:03:46,068 -Uh, six. -MASON: Six gallons? 67 00:03:46,151 --> 00:03:48,443 Three days of meals, another two days of gas. 68 00:03:48,527 --> 00:03:50,068 Oh, yeah. Here we go. 69 00:03:50,151 --> 00:03:51,402 Chapter one. 70 00:03:51,485 --> 00:03:53,652 The Pappe & Son Department Store, 71 00:03:53,735 --> 00:03:56,360 the largest mercantile establishment in Mitchelfield 72 00:03:56,443 --> 00:03:59,694 -was arousing itself noise... -S.S. Chubby's setting sail. 73 00:03:59,777 --> 00:04:02,110 -Hey. Come on. -Say goodbye to Edna. 74 00:04:02,193 --> 00:04:03,902 Get out in front of him; I'll follow from behind. 75 00:04:03,985 --> 00:04:05,860 -Lot of behind to follow. -(WHISPERS) Go. 76 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:11,151 ♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 77 00:04:43,443 --> 00:04:44,819 MASON: You're kidding me. 78 00:04:44,902 --> 00:04:46,443 PETE: We get to go to the movies. 79 00:04:46,527 --> 00:04:49,235 (LAUGHTER) 80 00:04:55,276 --> 00:04:56,193 Hey! 81 00:04:56,276 --> 00:04:57,777 Cut it out now. 82 00:04:57,860 --> 00:05:02,443 (LAUGHTER) 83 00:05:02,527 --> 00:05:03,985 PETE: Fucking horse kicking him in the ass, 84 00:05:04,068 --> 00:05:05,985 how do you not find that hilarious? 85 00:05:06,068 --> 00:05:07,610 I grew up on a farm. 86 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:11,735 Steering's all loose. 87 00:05:13,151 --> 00:05:15,276 -What'd you do it? -I didn't do anything. 88 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,735 You know, maybe Chubby's keeping it clean 89 00:05:17,819 --> 00:05:19,777 'cause he's seen this milk truck following him around town. 90 00:05:19,860 --> 00:05:22,193 If you don't have a car, don't complain. 91 00:05:22,276 --> 00:05:23,944 PETE: Not my fault, Ruthie broke the axle. 92 00:05:24,026 --> 00:05:25,819 -MASON: Another complaint. -PETE: Just 'cause the guy 93 00:05:25,902 --> 00:05:27,318 has a high-pitched voice, that's no reason 94 00:05:27,402 --> 00:05:28,819 to rob a guy of his livelihood. 95 00:05:28,902 --> 00:05:30,902 He brought a lot of joy to a lot of people. 96 00:05:30,985 --> 00:05:32,985 Well, he's not bringing me any. 97 00:05:33,068 --> 00:05:36,735 Three days waiting for him to stick his dick in something. 98 00:05:36,819 --> 00:05:39,610 Studio signs him to a contract, they should honor it. 99 00:05:39,694 --> 00:05:41,235 Who cares what he does with his pants off? 100 00:05:41,318 --> 00:05:43,694 Walt LeBaron cares, that's who. 101 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:45,026 He's the one who's paying you. 102 00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:46,860 Morals clause, shmorals clause. 103 00:05:46,944 --> 00:05:48,777 Whole town needs a shot in the dick. 104 00:05:50,527 --> 00:05:52,443 Hey, heading right. 105 00:06:06,652 --> 00:06:07,652 Hey. 106 00:06:09,527 --> 00:06:11,402 VELMA "RED" FULLER: Hi, Chubby. 107 00:06:11,485 --> 00:06:13,735 CHUBBY: Well, hello, Red. 108 00:06:13,819 --> 00:06:15,276 PETE: Oh, wow. 109 00:06:17,068 --> 00:06:18,568 Here we go. 110 00:06:18,652 --> 00:06:22,151 Hey, how about I have a look? You stay in the truck? 111 00:06:22,527 --> 00:06:23,694 Sure. 112 00:06:27,568 --> 00:06:30,485 You know, that's your problem. You get no pleasure out of life. 113 00:06:30,568 --> 00:06:31,568 Shut up. 114 00:06:31,652 --> 00:06:35,860 ♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 115 00:06:43,068 --> 00:06:45,610 (MATTRESS SPRINGS CREAKING) 116 00:06:46,318 --> 00:06:47,527 (LAUGHTER) 117 00:06:54,485 --> 00:06:56,694 (RED MOANING) 118 00:06:58,819 --> 00:07:00,026 (LAUGHTER CONTINUES) 119 00:07:09,735 --> 00:07:12,110 (RED MOANING) 120 00:07:12,193 --> 00:07:14,819 (LAUGHTER CONTINUES) 121 00:07:14,902 --> 00:07:16,735 (GLASS BREAKING) 122 00:07:17,944 --> 00:07:19,193 (CHUBBY LAUGHING) 123 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,485 (RED MOANING) 124 00:07:34,276 --> 00:07:36,819 (LAUGHTER) 125 00:07:36,902 --> 00:07:39,527 Oh, God. Oh, God. 126 00:07:41,985 --> 00:07:45,235 -(SCREAMING) -MASON: Pete, start the truck! 127 00:07:46,151 --> 00:07:48,151 Pete, start the car! 128 00:07:48,235 --> 00:07:50,610 -(CAR ENGINE STARTS) -CHUBBY: Son of a bitch! 129 00:07:50,694 --> 00:07:52,610 I'll get you, you prick! 130 00:07:52,694 --> 00:07:54,151 You sons of bitches! 131 00:07:54,235 --> 00:07:56,652 I'm going to kill you, you cocksuckers. 132 00:07:56,735 --> 00:07:57,944 -(PETE LAUGHS) -Oh, yeah! 133 00:07:58,026 --> 00:08:00,610 PETE: Chubby, you glorious bastard! 134 00:08:00,694 --> 00:08:02,276 He threw a shoe at me. 135 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,902 I'm your biggest fan! 136 00:08:23,610 --> 00:08:27,276 MASON: Evening, Rigoberto. Can you open the gate? 137 00:08:28,610 --> 00:08:30,777 I can if you say it. 138 00:08:32,944 --> 00:08:34,402 Something about a clown. 139 00:08:39,443 --> 00:08:41,110 (TALKING IN SPANISH) 140 00:08:43,026 --> 00:08:44,443 Does it have to be in Spanish? 141 00:08:44,527 --> 00:08:46,235 This whole place used to be Spanish. 142 00:09:02,694 --> 00:09:04,235 (ENGINE STOPS) 143 00:09:20,151 --> 00:09:24,360 ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 144 00:10:45,694 --> 00:10:47,193 (COW MOOS) 145 00:10:47,276 --> 00:10:48,527 (INDISTINCT SPANISH CHATTER) 146 00:10:51,860 --> 00:10:53,318 MASON: Shit. 147 00:10:53,402 --> 00:10:56,527 What are you doing? Trying to get yourself killed? 148 00:10:58,902 --> 00:11:00,193 You want some breakfast? 149 00:11:00,276 --> 00:11:03,235 (MAN TALKING IN SPANISH) 150 00:11:07,985 --> 00:11:12,110 ♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 151 00:11:13,235 --> 00:11:14,735 (MASON CLICKS TONGUE) 152 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:18,902 Here, get up, get up. 153 00:11:20,735 --> 00:11:23,694 Good girl. Good girl. Good girl. 154 00:11:23,777 --> 00:11:26,652 Eat your hay. Stay off the runway. 155 00:11:26,735 --> 00:11:28,318 (COW MOOS) 156 00:11:28,985 --> 00:11:30,235 Come on. 157 00:11:35,944 --> 00:11:37,110 Now, stay. 158 00:11:39,276 --> 00:11:40,235 Not you. 159 00:11:40,318 --> 00:11:42,276 They don't want me around either. 160 00:12:03,193 --> 00:12:06,694 (MAN TALKING IN SPANISH) 161 00:12:07,443 --> 00:12:11,485 (SNORING) 162 00:12:14,443 --> 00:12:17,151 "I'd have said it was over when the talkies came." 163 00:12:17,985 --> 00:12:19,318 But clearly, 164 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,735 the man still has a lot to offer the world. 165 00:12:23,819 --> 00:12:26,193 (GROGGILY) How did you get in here? 166 00:12:26,276 --> 00:12:28,568 ELIAS BIRCHARD JONATHAN: "The clown carries you." 167 00:12:28,652 --> 00:12:31,360 He just-- he just gave you the password? 168 00:12:31,443 --> 00:12:33,485 Well, I'm a very persuasive lawyer. 169 00:12:34,485 --> 00:12:36,819 -You forget that sometimes. -Yup. 170 00:12:37,652 --> 00:12:40,110 I try to forget a lot of things. 171 00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:42,819 At some point, you got to admit this isn't working out. 172 00:12:42,902 --> 00:12:44,360 MASON: What do you mean? 173 00:12:44,985 --> 00:12:46,694 Let me speak for the dead 174 00:12:46,777 --> 00:12:49,860 and say your parents didn't want this for you. 175 00:12:50,777 --> 00:12:52,318 MASON: The farm's still here. 176 00:12:52,402 --> 00:12:54,777 You got pans on their bed. 177 00:12:54,860 --> 00:12:56,235 What do you want, E.B.? 178 00:12:56,318 --> 00:12:59,777 E.B.: Herman Baggerly called me last night. 179 00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:01,819 I called you, you don't answer. 180 00:13:02,860 --> 00:13:04,819 Who's Herman Baggerly? 181 00:13:04,902 --> 00:13:07,944 Major player, boyo. Lumber, real estate, 182 00:13:08,026 --> 00:13:10,694 one of the fattest bank accounts in the city. 183 00:13:10,777 --> 00:13:12,276 What's he doing with you then? 184 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,610 I've helped him in the past. 185 00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:17,944 Certain business matters which require discretion 186 00:13:18,026 --> 00:13:19,985 -and finesse. -MASON: Yeah, 20 bucks 187 00:13:20,068 --> 00:13:22,819 -a billable hour. -Well, man has to eat. 188 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,985 And I'd say we both understand that. 189 00:13:25,068 --> 00:13:27,527 And you need me why, E.B.? 190 00:13:27,610 --> 00:13:29,527 Because some friend of his is in trouble, 191 00:13:29,610 --> 00:13:32,026 the police are involved and you're good at your job. 192 00:13:32,110 --> 00:13:33,485 3:00 p.m. at my office. 193 00:13:33,568 --> 00:13:35,527 I don't know, I got a lot going on today. 194 00:13:35,610 --> 00:13:37,610 The Chubby thing, and I'm due in court. 195 00:13:37,694 --> 00:13:40,151 I'm getting paid to serve as a material witness. 196 00:13:40,235 --> 00:13:43,652 -That Frank Dillon case. -Deep pockets on Baggerly. 197 00:13:43,735 --> 00:13:46,360 -Opportunity for both of us. -Yeah? Is he looking to buy 198 00:13:46,443 --> 00:13:48,985 a two-cow dairy in the middle of an airport? 199 00:13:49,068 --> 00:13:50,777 E.B.: You're really thinking to sell? 200 00:13:52,026 --> 00:13:53,068 (SIGHS) 201 00:13:53,151 --> 00:13:56,819 I haven't seen you in three months, E.B. 202 00:13:56,902 --> 00:13:59,151 Well, it's been quiet out there, boyo. 203 00:13:59,235 --> 00:14:00,318 I don't deny it. 204 00:14:01,568 --> 00:14:03,527 But this is a live one. 205 00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:05,610 3:00 p.m., wear your good suit. 206 00:14:06,276 --> 00:14:07,944 This is my good suit. 207 00:14:09,193 --> 00:14:10,944 E.B.: And there's egg on your tie. 208 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:22,860 (LAUGHTER) 209 00:14:22,944 --> 00:14:24,276 WALT LEBARON: Oh, boy. 210 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,527 Yeah, that's him all right. 211 00:14:26,610 --> 00:14:28,694 No question of moral relativity here. 212 00:14:28,777 --> 00:14:30,235 I mean, that's... 213 00:14:30,318 --> 00:14:32,151 that's food. (CHUCKLES) 214 00:14:32,235 --> 00:14:34,819 -Pumpkin pie, I'm pretty sure. -WALT: I blame his agent. 215 00:14:34,902 --> 00:14:36,860 I mean, I got nothing against the guy myself, 216 00:14:36,944 --> 00:14:38,151 you understand but, um-- 217 00:14:38,235 --> 00:14:40,360 I'm not here to judge anyone, Mr. LeBaron. 218 00:14:40,443 --> 00:14:42,318 -I just wanna get paid. -Ah, 219 00:14:42,402 --> 00:14:45,777 I will have someone cut you a check. 220 00:14:45,860 --> 00:14:47,610 Business affairs, please, Mitch. 221 00:14:47,694 --> 00:14:50,193 What did we say, um, 200? 222 00:14:50,276 --> 00:14:52,902 MASON: We did say that. Of course, that was for pictures 223 00:14:52,985 --> 00:14:54,944 of Chubby Carmichael but, uh, 224 00:14:55,026 --> 00:14:57,985 these happen to be pictures of, um, Velma Fuller, 225 00:14:59,777 --> 00:15:01,902 or should I "Call Her Red"? 226 00:15:01,985 --> 00:15:03,443 MAN ON PHONE: Business affairs. 227 00:15:04,735 --> 00:15:07,318 Hello? Hello... 228 00:15:09,652 --> 00:15:10,777 WALT: Okay. 229 00:15:14,235 --> 00:15:15,568 How much did you have in mind? 230 00:15:15,652 --> 00:15:17,193 Five hundred seems fair. 231 00:15:18,694 --> 00:15:20,902 -Don't be ridiculous. -Fine, make it six, 232 00:15:20,985 --> 00:15:22,902 -that's serious-- -You got some fucking nerve. 233 00:15:22,985 --> 00:15:25,860 Nerve and these nasty, nasty pictures 234 00:15:25,944 --> 00:15:27,360 of your up-and-coming starlet. 235 00:15:29,527 --> 00:15:30,652 Okay. 236 00:15:31,777 --> 00:15:34,193 I'm gonna have to walk this up to Mr. Hammersmith. 237 00:15:36,193 --> 00:15:37,735 Be sure to send him my regards. 238 00:15:42,652 --> 00:15:43,860 Mason... 239 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:47,443 you've got an egg stain on your tie. 240 00:15:47,527 --> 00:15:49,193 Yeah, turns out it's mustard. 241 00:15:54,110 --> 00:15:55,443 VIRGIL SHEETS: How was your Christmas? 242 00:15:55,527 --> 00:15:56,985 MASON: Yeah, it came and went. 243 00:15:57,068 --> 00:15:59,860 My wife's folks came by on the day. 244 00:15:59,944 --> 00:16:01,276 Her mom brought a fruitcake, 245 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,276 could have been used by the pharaohs. 246 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,026 Kids cried when I made them eat it. 247 00:16:11,068 --> 00:16:12,402 You got a kid, right? 248 00:16:12,485 --> 00:16:13,694 Yeah, lives with his mom. 249 00:16:13,777 --> 00:16:15,652 Well, you spent Christmas with them, right? 250 00:16:15,735 --> 00:16:16,985 -No. -Well, how come? 251 00:16:17,068 --> 00:16:19,568 Are you, um, lonely or something, Virgil? 252 00:16:27,610 --> 00:16:28,819 MASON: He went out happy. 253 00:16:28,902 --> 00:16:32,151 Well, if happy's drowning in panties and a matching bra, 254 00:16:32,235 --> 00:16:33,276 yeah, why not? 255 00:16:34,568 --> 00:16:36,568 He was wearing man clothes on the outside. 256 00:16:42,318 --> 00:16:43,735 What's with that? 257 00:16:43,819 --> 00:16:45,193 Oh, my next patient. 258 00:16:45,276 --> 00:16:47,777 Kidnapping gone way wrong. 259 00:16:47,860 --> 00:16:49,568 Worst thing you ever seen. 260 00:16:49,652 --> 00:16:51,235 What do you know what I've seen? 261 00:17:02,944 --> 00:17:04,527 How's this? 262 00:17:04,610 --> 00:17:06,610 I like it better than the suit. 263 00:17:10,944 --> 00:17:13,652 I got a domestic stabbing with a three piece, if you want. 264 00:17:13,735 --> 00:17:16,110 FENTON BOSTWICK: Mr. Mason, in what capacity were you hired 265 00:17:16,193 --> 00:17:17,694 -by the defense? -I was hired 266 00:17:17,777 --> 00:17:18,944 as a private investigator. 267 00:17:19,026 --> 00:17:21,860 And is that, these private investigations, 268 00:17:21,944 --> 00:17:24,610 the current means by which you earn a living? 269 00:17:24,694 --> 00:17:27,193 -You know it is, Fenton. -(JUDGE CLEARS THROAT) 270 00:17:27,276 --> 00:17:30,819 Um, pardon me. Uh, yes, Mr. Bostwick. 271 00:17:30,902 --> 00:17:32,902 BOSTWICK: Now, am I correct in asserting 272 00:17:32,985 --> 00:17:35,276 that you were recently cited for assault? 273 00:17:39,026 --> 00:17:41,235 -Mr. Mason. -I'm sorry. What? 274 00:17:41,318 --> 00:17:42,902 A complaint for assault. 275 00:17:42,985 --> 00:17:45,026 -This is irrelevant, Your Honor. -BOSTWICK: I'm sure 276 00:17:45,110 --> 00:17:46,735 -that you resent this line-- -No, what I resent 277 00:17:46,819 --> 00:17:48,610 is Alvin Rutherford showing up repeatedly 278 00:17:48,694 --> 00:17:50,694 and offering me pennies on the dollar for a home 279 00:17:50,777 --> 00:17:52,235 my father built with his own hands. 280 00:17:52,318 --> 00:17:54,819 Tragic, Mr. Mason, but assault? 281 00:17:56,110 --> 00:17:57,568 I threw a cowpie at him. 282 00:17:57,652 --> 00:17:59,777 (LAUGHTER) 283 00:17:59,860 --> 00:18:01,235 BOSTWICK: That's funny. 284 00:18:01,318 --> 00:18:03,694 However, far less amusing 285 00:18:03,777 --> 00:18:07,110 is the dishonorable end to your military career. 286 00:18:09,485 --> 00:18:11,110 That has nothing to do with this trial. 287 00:18:11,193 --> 00:18:13,610 BOSTWICK: A blue discharge for conduct unbecoming. 288 00:18:13,694 --> 00:18:15,944 Would you care to elaborate on that, Mr. Mason? 289 00:18:16,026 --> 00:18:19,151 -Was that a mistake? -Feel free to jump in, Frank. 290 00:18:19,527 --> 00:18:21,568 Objection. 291 00:18:21,652 --> 00:18:23,902 -Question of relevance. -You're goddamn right. 292 00:18:23,985 --> 00:18:25,110 JUDGE: Sustained. 293 00:18:25,193 --> 00:18:26,902 -Watch the God talk, sir. -Sorry. 294 00:18:26,985 --> 00:18:28,110 BOSTWICK: Nothing further, Your Honor. 295 00:18:28,193 --> 00:18:29,777 MASON: E.B. send you 'cause he thought I forgot 296 00:18:29,860 --> 00:18:30,944 the way to the office? 297 00:18:31,026 --> 00:18:32,151 DELLA STREET: The meeting's changed. 298 00:18:32,235 --> 00:18:33,819 We're going to Pasadena now. 299 00:18:33,902 --> 00:18:35,443 We are? Fine, we can take my truck. 300 00:18:35,527 --> 00:18:38,527 We could if the plan was to make the world's worst impression. 301 00:18:38,610 --> 00:18:39,902 Oh, I don't have to plan for that. 302 00:18:39,985 --> 00:18:41,235 That happens naturally. 303 00:18:41,318 --> 00:18:43,151 I'll say, you were just four words from contempt of court. 304 00:18:43,235 --> 00:18:45,276 Go fuck yourself. I could have got that in. 305 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:47,610 Thus demonstrating your masterful knowledge 306 00:18:47,694 --> 00:18:49,735 -of legal decorum. -Frank Dillon is sitting there 307 00:18:49,819 --> 00:18:52,110 like a monument to the useless and the judge is concerned 308 00:18:52,193 --> 00:18:54,318 with my decorum? Why didn't he hold him 309 00:18:54,402 --> 00:18:56,443 in contempt? Because I sure as hell did. 310 00:18:56,527 --> 00:18:57,985 Letting him dig into me like that. 311 00:18:58,068 --> 00:19:00,110 A fucking peanut vendor would have known to object. 312 00:19:00,193 --> 00:19:02,443 So many windmills, so little time. 313 00:19:06,318 --> 00:19:07,777 How are you today, Miss Street? 314 00:19:09,110 --> 00:19:10,151 Peachy. 315 00:19:10,235 --> 00:19:12,068 How are you, Mr. Mason? 316 00:19:13,610 --> 00:19:15,985 HERMAN BAGGERLY: I wasn't expecting a congregation. 317 00:19:16,068 --> 00:19:18,026 E.B.: I rely on Miss Street 318 00:19:18,110 --> 00:19:19,777 to keep the facts straight, Herman. 319 00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:21,735 Do you intend to take notes, Miss? 320 00:19:21,819 --> 00:19:23,652 DELLA: That's generally what I do. 321 00:19:23,735 --> 00:19:25,443 Unless you object. 322 00:19:26,318 --> 00:19:28,485 And you're a detective, Mr. Mason? 323 00:19:28,568 --> 00:19:31,110 It's a fancy word for a busybody, but yes. 324 00:19:31,193 --> 00:19:35,193 We've been working together since, uh... when was it? 325 00:19:35,276 --> 00:19:36,777 Just after the war. 326 00:19:36,860 --> 00:19:39,193 Gave him his first job back from France, 327 00:19:39,276 --> 00:19:41,819 -isn't that right, Perry? -HERMAN: You served overseas? 328 00:19:41,902 --> 00:19:43,235 With lots of other farm boys. 329 00:19:43,318 --> 00:19:45,026 Mr. Mason was in the army, 330 00:19:45,110 --> 00:19:48,193 survived the Battle of the Argonne. 331 00:19:48,276 --> 00:19:50,860 How can we help you, Mr. Baggerly? 332 00:19:50,944 --> 00:19:53,777 HERMAN: It's not me that needs help, Mr. Mason. 333 00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:57,026 Matthew and Emily Dodson, 334 00:19:57,110 --> 00:19:59,568 an unspeakable act... 335 00:19:59,652 --> 00:20:02,026 was visited upon them, they're quite overwhelmed. 336 00:20:02,110 --> 00:20:04,276 E.B.: Consider us at their service. 337 00:20:05,652 --> 00:20:09,652 -Friends of yours? -Members of my church. 338 00:20:09,735 --> 00:20:12,151 Working people without many resources. 339 00:20:12,235 --> 00:20:15,610 E.B.: Well, God has put you in their path. 340 00:20:16,318 --> 00:20:18,026 Is this a-- 341 00:20:18,110 --> 00:20:19,735 HERMAN: Radiant Assembly of God. 342 00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:23,068 -Right. On the radio. -Sister Alice. 343 00:20:23,151 --> 00:20:25,777 A woman of wonder-working power. 344 00:20:25,860 --> 00:20:29,068 I won't hesitate to say that she changed my life. 345 00:20:29,151 --> 00:20:33,360 Do the Dodsons know you contacted me, Herman? 346 00:20:33,443 --> 00:20:36,694 They're anxiously awaiting your guidance, Elias. 347 00:20:36,777 --> 00:20:38,026 What about the police? 348 00:20:39,652 --> 00:20:40,735 How's that? 349 00:20:40,819 --> 00:20:42,735 Well, they'll be on this hammer and tongs. 350 00:20:42,819 --> 00:20:44,110 Why not leave it to them? 351 00:20:48,860 --> 00:20:50,443 I'll be frank, Mr. Mason. 352 00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:55,235 I don't trust the Los Angeles Police Department 353 00:20:55,318 --> 00:20:56,819 to do the job that's needed. 354 00:20:59,694 --> 00:21:01,026 Neither would I. 355 00:21:04,985 --> 00:21:07,694 (OVERLAPPING CHATTER) 356 00:21:12,652 --> 00:21:14,151 STEVE HOLCOMB: So you found this upstairs? 357 00:21:14,235 --> 00:21:15,902 MATTHEW: I told you, my wife did. 358 00:21:15,985 --> 00:21:17,860 -I was at work. -And she called you? 359 00:21:18,652 --> 00:21:20,568 Yeah. Hysterical. 360 00:21:20,652 --> 00:21:22,527 Why neither one of you call the police? 361 00:21:23,193 --> 00:21:24,318 Read the note. 362 00:21:25,026 --> 00:21:27,610 You can read, can't you? 363 00:21:27,694 --> 00:21:31,443 So your wife finds the note, calls you, what she do next? 364 00:21:31,527 --> 00:21:32,902 MATTHEW: How should I know? Ask her. 365 00:21:32,985 --> 00:21:34,485 DETECTIVE ENNIS: We'll get to her in a minute. 366 00:21:34,568 --> 00:21:36,402 HOLCOMB: You own a grocery store, 367 00:21:36,485 --> 00:21:38,902 -much money in that? -What? 368 00:21:39,026 --> 00:21:40,443 HOLCOMB: Nice house for a grocer. 369 00:21:40,527 --> 00:21:42,318 It can't be cheap to maintain. 370 00:21:42,402 --> 00:21:43,610 MATTHEW: What's that supposed to mean? 371 00:21:43,694 --> 00:21:45,276 HOLCOMB: How long does it take to get 372 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,068 -from the grocery store to here? -MATTHEW: What difference does it make? 373 00:21:47,151 --> 00:21:48,402 -Easy, Matthew-- -How am-- Are you suggesting 374 00:21:48,485 --> 00:21:51,652 I had something to do with it? What the hell? 375 00:21:51,735 --> 00:21:53,360 ENNIS: Just covering all angles, Mr. Dodson. 376 00:21:53,443 --> 00:21:54,652 MATTHEW: Where was I? Who saw me? 377 00:21:54,735 --> 00:21:55,985 I didn't kidnap my son. 378 00:21:56,068 --> 00:21:58,485 -I didn't murder my own son. -E.B.: No one is saying you did. 379 00:21:58,568 --> 00:22:00,568 MATTHEW: Well, he is! And he's dancing around, 380 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:02,151 but that's what he fucking thinks. 381 00:22:02,235 --> 00:22:04,235 E.B.: Maybe this is a good time for a little break. 382 00:22:04,318 --> 00:22:06,568 Sound okay to you, Detective Holcomb? 383 00:22:09,568 --> 00:22:10,944 Yeah. Why not. 384 00:22:11,026 --> 00:22:13,402 -E.B.: Get some fresh air. -MATTHEW: It's all right. 385 00:22:13,485 --> 00:22:14,819 You treated me like-- you can't-- 386 00:22:14,902 --> 00:22:16,485 -you can't just walk... -E.B.: Easy now, Matthew. 387 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:18,777 Let's have a little drink of cold water, shall we? 388 00:22:19,777 --> 00:22:21,360 MATTHEW: Water. Right, great idea. 389 00:22:21,443 --> 00:22:22,485 That'll fix everything. 390 00:22:22,568 --> 00:22:24,610 E.B.: It's all part of the process. 391 00:22:25,568 --> 00:22:27,402 (COMMOTION OUTSIDE) 392 00:22:33,276 --> 00:22:36,276 (FLOOR CREAKING) 393 00:22:42,443 --> 00:22:46,777 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 394 00:22:50,110 --> 00:22:51,610 (CAMERA CLICKS) 395 00:24:20,151 --> 00:24:22,735 EMILY: Are you the man that works with Mr. Jonathan? 396 00:24:25,568 --> 00:24:28,694 Yes, ma'am. Perry. 397 00:24:32,902 --> 00:24:34,527 I'm Emily Dodson. 398 00:24:35,402 --> 00:24:36,568 Charlie's mother. 399 00:24:43,610 --> 00:24:45,610 Offer you a cigarette, Mrs. Dodson? 400 00:24:47,902 --> 00:24:49,777 If you promise not to tell my husband. 401 00:24:51,568 --> 00:24:52,777 Wouldn't dream of it. 402 00:25:11,235 --> 00:25:12,276 EMILY: Thank you. 403 00:25:16,568 --> 00:25:18,610 You were in the war, weren't you? 404 00:25:20,944 --> 00:25:22,985 The way you hold your cigarette. 405 00:25:23,068 --> 00:25:24,652 Hiding the ember in your palm. 406 00:25:25,610 --> 00:25:27,151 I guess I'm still trained not to give them 407 00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:28,402 something to shoot at. 408 00:25:30,026 --> 00:25:32,068 Was your husband over there? 409 00:25:34,026 --> 00:25:35,068 Brother. 410 00:25:36,193 --> 00:25:39,068 I haven't seen him since we left Missouri. 411 00:25:39,151 --> 00:25:41,610 I really wish they'd let me clean in here. 412 00:25:43,777 --> 00:25:45,318 All this fingerprint dust-- 413 00:25:46,944 --> 00:25:50,860 Can't help feeling that it reflects poorly on me somehow. 414 00:25:51,902 --> 00:25:54,360 Oh, I don't-- I don't think poorly of you. 415 00:25:56,819 --> 00:25:57,819 God does. 416 00:25:59,819 --> 00:26:01,193 That's why I'm being punished. 417 00:26:06,151 --> 00:26:08,735 Do you have children, Mr. Perry? 418 00:26:08,819 --> 00:26:11,860 It's-- It's Mason. Perry is my first name. 419 00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:14,193 I have a son. 420 00:26:16,026 --> 00:26:17,443 What's his name? 421 00:26:20,652 --> 00:26:21,819 Theodore. 422 00:26:21,902 --> 00:26:22,985 Teddy. 423 00:26:24,985 --> 00:26:26,402 How old? 424 00:26:26,485 --> 00:26:28,151 MASON: Nine in February. 425 00:26:32,193 --> 00:26:33,568 EMILY: Charlie likes turtles. 426 00:26:36,193 --> 00:26:37,318 Liked. 427 00:26:41,402 --> 00:26:42,985 What's your boy fond of? 428 00:26:47,151 --> 00:26:48,193 Firetrucks. 429 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:54,694 (GRIMACING) I bet... 430 00:26:56,276 --> 00:26:59,235 nine is a good age for a boy. 431 00:27:04,944 --> 00:27:07,860 (SOBBING) 432 00:27:11,568 --> 00:27:12,735 So... 433 00:27:15,402 --> 00:27:16,610 I'm sorry. 434 00:27:23,985 --> 00:27:26,485 (TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING) 435 00:27:26,568 --> 00:27:27,860 MASON: Yeah, fine, he's a hothead, 436 00:27:27,944 --> 00:27:30,026 but he's a little too touchy if you ask me. 437 00:27:30,777 --> 00:27:31,985 And her? 438 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:34,777 She was just sitting downstairs the whole time? 439 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:37,485 E.B.: She told the detectives she gave the boy a bath, 440 00:27:37,568 --> 00:27:40,485 put him to bed, fell asleep by the fire 441 00:27:40,568 --> 00:27:41,985 listening to the radio. 442 00:27:42,068 --> 00:27:44,402 DELLA: Actually, she puts Charlie to bed, 443 00:27:44,485 --> 00:27:46,443 goes downstairs to clean up the kitchen, 444 00:27:46,527 --> 00:27:48,402 goes back upstairs to check on him 445 00:27:48,485 --> 00:27:50,360 then goes downstairs and falls asleep 446 00:27:50,443 --> 00:27:51,777 listening to the radio. 447 00:27:52,819 --> 00:27:54,777 She doesn't twitch an eyelid 448 00:27:54,860 --> 00:27:56,652 while someone creeps into her house 449 00:27:56,735 --> 00:27:58,527 and nabs her kid? 450 00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:02,151 -You think she's a drinker? -DELLA: No. She's a mother. 451 00:28:02,235 --> 00:28:05,026 Feeding, changing, burping, screaming, 452 00:28:05,110 --> 00:28:06,443 you wouldn't last a minute. 453 00:28:06,527 --> 00:28:08,860 MASON: Is this something you know about? 454 00:28:08,944 --> 00:28:10,944 DELLA: Call it an educated guess. 455 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:17,527 MASON: All right. You're the kidnapper, 456 00:28:17,610 --> 00:28:19,694 you have to case that house long enough to know 457 00:28:19,777 --> 00:28:21,527 Matthew's hours at the grocery store, 458 00:28:21,610 --> 00:28:23,819 the time Emily gives Charlie the bath, 459 00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:26,527 then puts him down, then falls asleep herself, 460 00:28:26,610 --> 00:28:28,318 unless you have someone on the inside. 461 00:28:28,402 --> 00:28:30,443 Oh, so you agree with the police. 462 00:28:30,527 --> 00:28:33,068 You think the Dodsons had something to do with it. 463 00:28:33,151 --> 00:28:35,985 -I'm not agreeing with anyone. -I sure hope not. 464 00:28:36,068 --> 00:28:37,360 I've stood with those two. 465 00:28:37,985 --> 00:28:40,235 That's grief, not guilt. 466 00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:42,235 MASON: I'm just pointing out that someone knew 467 00:28:42,318 --> 00:28:44,110 they were good for a hundred grand. 468 00:28:44,193 --> 00:28:45,652 How do you figure that from a guy 469 00:28:45,735 --> 00:28:48,860 who sells pickled cucumbers and aftershave? 470 00:28:48,944 --> 00:28:50,485 It's queer from both sides. 471 00:28:50,568 --> 00:28:51,944 DELLA: And the baby. 472 00:28:52,985 --> 00:28:56,610 Someone stood over Charlie and stitched those eyes. 473 00:29:00,026 --> 00:29:01,694 Yeah, it's a dark tone, 474 00:29:01,777 --> 00:29:04,276 long, long, deep, dark tone. 475 00:29:07,610 --> 00:29:09,902 (SIGHS) Wipe it off, gentles. 476 00:29:09,985 --> 00:29:11,568 We do what we're asked to do. 477 00:29:11,652 --> 00:29:13,902 Well, that's easy for you to say. 478 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:16,110 Detectives aren't gonna like me over their shoulder on this. 479 00:29:16,193 --> 00:29:17,652 And I got a license that could get pulled. 480 00:29:17,735 --> 00:29:18,944 E.B.: So you don't want the job? 481 00:29:19,026 --> 00:29:21,443 -MASON: Did I say that? -(E.B. LAUGHS) 482 00:29:21,527 --> 00:29:24,485 Bring me a signature and a check. 483 00:29:27,985 --> 00:29:28,944 Cheer up. 484 00:29:29,026 --> 00:29:32,110 Someone might throw a shoe at you. 485 00:29:32,193 --> 00:29:34,610 And you, get your hands off my liquor and yourself 486 00:29:34,694 --> 00:29:36,694 down to the Angel's Flight in the morning. 487 00:29:36,777 --> 00:29:38,568 Be my eyes, son. 488 00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:40,318 Time and a half. 489 00:29:40,402 --> 00:29:42,527 -It's New Year's Eve. -Earn it. 490 00:29:48,694 --> 00:29:50,860 (LUPE PANTING) 491 00:29:52,402 --> 00:29:54,652 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 492 00:29:58,276 --> 00:30:02,443 -(MOANING) -(BED SQUEAKING) 493 00:30:10,402 --> 00:30:13,610 (MOANING INTENSIFIES) 494 00:30:13,694 --> 00:30:15,193 -(LUPE YELPS) -(OBJECT CLANGS) 495 00:30:20,402 --> 00:30:21,944 LUPE: Very good, papi. 496 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,235 (COW MOOS) 497 00:30:26,694 --> 00:30:28,443 I think she's jealous of me. 498 00:30:29,068 --> 00:30:33,694 (PANTING) 499 00:30:33,777 --> 00:30:37,318 Did you bring some more of that tequila? 500 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:38,652 LUPE: It's called mescal. 501 00:30:38,735 --> 00:30:40,860 And if you want some, you better get it yourself. 502 00:30:40,985 --> 00:30:42,610 I ain't your fucking help. 503 00:30:49,026 --> 00:30:50,276 (CHUCKLES) 504 00:30:51,443 --> 00:30:54,151 Either take them off or put them back on, papi. 505 00:30:54,235 --> 00:30:55,318 Make up your mind. 506 00:30:55,402 --> 00:30:57,193 MASON: What are you in a rush for? 507 00:30:57,276 --> 00:30:59,902 -LUPE: I need sleep. -Sleep here. 508 00:30:59,985 --> 00:31:01,944 LUPE: I sleep in my own bed. 509 00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:06,985 I'll give you 6,000 for this dump. 510 00:31:07,068 --> 00:31:10,485 (LAUGHS) Six thousand and she won't even sleep here. 511 00:31:11,235 --> 00:31:12,652 It's a fair price. 512 00:31:12,735 --> 00:31:14,110 It's a price. 513 00:31:14,193 --> 00:31:16,110 It's a great fucking price. 514 00:31:16,193 --> 00:31:17,777 You don't even have citrus. 515 00:31:17,860 --> 00:31:19,527 You know I'm working this one. 516 00:31:19,610 --> 00:31:20,944 -Yeah? -Yeah. 517 00:31:26,068 --> 00:31:27,402 It's a big case. 518 00:31:27,485 --> 00:31:29,527 You don't usually do the bigs. 519 00:31:30,443 --> 00:31:31,694 I'm doing this one. 520 00:31:33,985 --> 00:31:35,652 Six thousand five hundred. 521 00:31:35,735 --> 00:31:37,276 (LAUGHS) 522 00:31:37,819 --> 00:31:39,485 Enjoy your bed. 523 00:31:39,568 --> 00:31:40,694 LUPE: I will. 524 00:31:47,777 --> 00:31:52,235 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 525 00:31:52,318 --> 00:31:55,193 MAN: And right there, in that very window, 526 00:31:56,151 --> 00:31:58,068 sat the boy's parents. 527 00:31:58,151 --> 00:32:01,568 Watching, hoping, tragically unaware 528 00:32:01,652 --> 00:32:06,568 that their tiny innocent was already ascending to heaven 529 00:32:06,652 --> 00:32:10,485 in the clutches of this demon. 530 00:32:10,568 --> 00:32:13,360 This instrument of death. 531 00:32:14,318 --> 00:32:16,568 Thank you, ma'am. Happy New Year, sir. 532 00:32:16,652 --> 00:32:19,568 -(WHISTLE BLOWS) -(NEWSBOY HOLLERS) 533 00:32:56,777 --> 00:33:00,902 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 534 00:33:42,735 --> 00:33:43,944 (GUN COCKS) 535 00:33:47,110 --> 00:33:48,777 HOLCOMB: Looking for something? 536 00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:51,360 Close the blinds, Steve. 537 00:33:51,443 --> 00:33:54,527 Maybe I couldn't see him so good and shot him by accident. 538 00:33:54,610 --> 00:33:58,026 Look, fellas, if I... interrupted 539 00:33:58,110 --> 00:34:01,360 some sort of tender moment, I sincerely apologize. 540 00:34:01,443 --> 00:34:02,485 Guy's a laugh riot. 541 00:34:02,568 --> 00:34:04,694 Take it easy with that thing. 542 00:34:04,777 --> 00:34:06,735 What the hell are you doing here, Mason? 543 00:34:06,819 --> 00:34:08,443 You gotta know something stinks around Dodson 544 00:34:08,527 --> 00:34:09,694 or else you wouldn't be here. 545 00:34:09,777 --> 00:34:11,777 Get paid to look into things. That's what I'm doing. 546 00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:13,902 Hell with this. We got him on a B&E. 547 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:15,276 Let's run him in, torch his license. 548 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,402 -Get the fuck off me! -HOLCOMB: Settle down! 549 00:34:17,485 --> 00:34:19,318 Ease up, goddammit. 550 00:34:24,318 --> 00:34:25,694 You got something says Dodson's clean, 551 00:34:25,777 --> 00:34:27,985 you'll be doing him a favor by letting us know. 552 00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:33,860 MAN: ...tiny innocent was already ascending to heaven. 553 00:34:36,110 --> 00:34:38,402 Right after the Dodsons found little Charlie dead, 554 00:34:38,485 --> 00:34:40,151 a green Phaeton goes tearing up Hill Street, 555 00:34:40,235 --> 00:34:41,443 clipped the trolley. 556 00:34:41,527 --> 00:34:43,735 HOLCOMB: You think that's our kidnapper? 557 00:34:43,819 --> 00:34:45,527 Where did you get this Phaeton shit? 558 00:34:45,610 --> 00:34:47,402 Traffic cop working the bottom of the flight. 559 00:34:47,485 --> 00:34:48,985 He didn't think anything of it at the time 560 00:34:49,068 --> 00:34:50,360 because most cops are stupid. 561 00:34:52,443 --> 00:34:53,694 Go check it out. 562 00:34:54,527 --> 00:34:57,694 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 563 00:35:03,110 --> 00:35:04,193 (DOOR CLOSES) 564 00:35:05,652 --> 00:35:07,735 Your ape almost broke my camera. 565 00:35:07,819 --> 00:35:09,819 My ape would've broke your jaw. 566 00:35:09,902 --> 00:35:11,151 -Here. -What's that? 567 00:35:11,235 --> 00:35:12,735 -For the car thing. -(SCOFFS) 568 00:35:12,819 --> 00:35:14,610 Save it for a better sketch artist. 569 00:35:14,694 --> 00:35:16,652 Man in hat? That sure narrows it down. 570 00:35:16,735 --> 00:35:19,902 What about the guy on the phone or the one in the car? 571 00:35:19,985 --> 00:35:21,443 Halfway to Rio is my guess. 572 00:35:21,527 --> 00:35:23,151 Is that why you like Dodson for it? 573 00:35:23,235 --> 00:35:24,527 Got to arrest somebody. 574 00:35:24,610 --> 00:35:27,610 So you tie him up in a bow and put yourself up for promotion. 575 00:35:27,694 --> 00:35:29,568 -That's tidy. -Listen to you, 576 00:35:29,652 --> 00:35:31,985 pissing on my five bucks because some sap thinks 577 00:35:32,068 --> 00:35:34,151 you can play cop? 578 00:35:34,235 --> 00:35:36,694 I already got the entire city standing on my neck. 579 00:35:36,777 --> 00:35:38,318 So you enjoy the view while you're up here 580 00:35:38,402 --> 00:35:41,652 with the real police because I'm gonna nail Dodson. 581 00:35:41,735 --> 00:35:43,694 And when I do, you're back on the bottom, 582 00:35:43,777 --> 00:35:46,235 feeding off runaways and cheaters. 583 00:35:46,902 --> 00:35:48,402 Lock up when you leave. 584 00:35:50,652 --> 00:35:51,902 (DOOR CLOSES) 585 00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:55,568 MAN: Tragically unaware 586 00:35:55,652 --> 00:35:58,860 their tiny innocent was already ascending to heaven. 587 00:35:58,944 --> 00:36:01,235 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 588 00:36:22,193 --> 00:36:23,318 Mason here, any messages? 589 00:36:23,402 --> 00:36:24,944 DIANE: Mr. Strickland called, read me 590 00:36:25,026 --> 00:36:27,402 three paragraphs of something called Lipstick Girl, 591 00:36:27,485 --> 00:36:28,860 I did not write them down. 592 00:36:28,944 --> 00:36:29,944 Anything else? 593 00:36:30,026 --> 00:36:31,276 DIANE: Just Walt LeBaron. 594 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:32,985 Hammersmith Pictures requests the honor of your presence 595 00:36:33,068 --> 00:36:34,235 at his New Year's party. 596 00:36:34,318 --> 00:36:36,568 Two tickets for you at the door, business to discuss. 597 00:36:37,151 --> 00:36:38,193 All right. Thanks, Irma. 598 00:36:38,276 --> 00:36:39,777 DIANE: Diane, goddammit. 599 00:36:40,610 --> 00:36:41,944 Yeah. Yeah, I know. 600 00:36:45,610 --> 00:36:48,819 We got five minutes and you owe me four bucks. 601 00:36:49,485 --> 00:36:50,694 You said two. 602 00:36:50,777 --> 00:36:52,360 Two for him, two for me. 603 00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:53,652 That's four. 604 00:37:06,568 --> 00:37:07,652 Happy New Year. 605 00:37:29,276 --> 00:37:30,443 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 606 00:37:39,610 --> 00:37:41,360 ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 607 00:38:34,235 --> 00:38:36,652 ♪ ("IT DON'T MEAN A THING" BY ELLA FITZGERALD PLAYING) ♪ 608 00:38:36,735 --> 00:38:38,485 MALE SINGER: ♪ It makes no difference ♪ 609 00:38:38,568 --> 00:38:41,402 ♪ If it's sweet Or hot, hot, hot ♪ 610 00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:45,443 ♪ Just give that rhythm Everything you've got... ♪ 611 00:38:46,985 --> 00:38:48,819 What the fuck am I doing here? 612 00:38:48,902 --> 00:38:50,026 You're getting paid. 613 00:38:51,694 --> 00:38:53,235 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 614 00:38:56,068 --> 00:38:57,610 PETE: Looks like Groucho Marx. 615 00:38:59,568 --> 00:39:03,110 Lovely ladies, kind gentlemen, welcome. 616 00:39:03,193 --> 00:39:07,151 1931 was gangbusters for Hammersmith Pictures. 617 00:39:07,235 --> 00:39:10,193 1932 is gonna be even better 618 00:39:10,276 --> 00:39:13,944 because the brightest stars in the sky live right here, 619 00:39:14,026 --> 00:39:16,527 -Mr. Dusty Rogers... -PETE: Oh, shit. 620 00:39:16,610 --> 00:39:17,860 ...hero of the prairies. 621 00:39:17,944 --> 00:39:19,527 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 622 00:39:19,610 --> 00:39:21,026 PETE: Shorter than I thought. 623 00:39:21,110 --> 00:39:23,193 They must use really small horses in the movies. 624 00:39:23,276 --> 00:39:25,735 HAMMER: Ladies, how do you like the continental... 625 00:39:25,819 --> 00:39:28,485 Hey... What are you gonna do with your 300? 626 00:39:28,568 --> 00:39:30,360 I'm gonna get a new pair of shoes. 627 00:39:30,443 --> 00:39:32,276 Maybe somewhat-- Are you listening to me? 628 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:33,360 Mm-hmm. 629 00:39:33,443 --> 00:39:35,694 I say something, then you say something, 630 00:39:35,777 --> 00:39:37,777 that's how conversation works, Perry. 631 00:39:37,860 --> 00:39:40,860 He's scaring the Jesus out of me right now. 632 00:39:40,944 --> 00:39:43,360 Mr. Petre Lupu. 633 00:39:43,443 --> 00:39:45,819 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 634 00:39:48,276 --> 00:39:50,485 I don't think you're getting into the spirit of the thing. 635 00:39:51,819 --> 00:39:53,527 I saw the kid, Pete. 636 00:39:54,985 --> 00:39:56,026 The thread. 637 00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,110 -You all right? -Yeah. 638 00:39:59,193 --> 00:40:00,902 HAMMERSMITH: If you should be happening to be living 639 00:40:00,985 --> 00:40:02,652 -next to Miss America. -Yeah. 640 00:40:02,735 --> 00:40:04,235 (LAUGHTER) 641 00:40:04,318 --> 00:40:06,902 HAMMERSMITH: I call her the sweetest piece of strudel I've ever seen. 642 00:40:06,985 --> 00:40:07,944 I'll be back. 643 00:40:08,026 --> 00:40:12,068 But you're gonna call her Red, Miss Velma Fuller. 644 00:40:12,151 --> 00:40:15,110 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 645 00:40:16,151 --> 00:40:18,110 Oh, just a little, right there. 646 00:40:18,193 --> 00:40:21,193 Oh, I'm sorry, Clara, I can't help myself. 647 00:40:21,276 --> 00:40:23,068 Anyway, listen. Happy New Year... 648 00:40:23,151 --> 00:40:24,235 No champagne tonight? 649 00:40:24,318 --> 00:40:25,985 Just the cash, Walt. 650 00:40:27,652 --> 00:40:29,694 -Can we do it this year? -(CHUCKLES) 651 00:40:29,777 --> 00:40:32,068 ...go see a Hammersmith Picture. Thank you all. 652 00:40:32,151 --> 00:40:33,819 Okay, Mason. 653 00:40:33,902 --> 00:40:35,777 Okay. Let's get you paid. 654 00:40:35,860 --> 00:40:39,985 ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 655 00:40:56,527 --> 00:40:58,193 HAMMERSMITH: You know what we have here? 656 00:40:59,151 --> 00:41:00,527 Plenty of nothing? 657 00:41:00,610 --> 00:41:02,151 HAMMERSMITH: Ten thousand square foot of it. 658 00:41:02,235 --> 00:41:05,610 Why? Because I'm waiting on a ten-million-dollar line 659 00:41:05,694 --> 00:41:07,235 of credit from the Irving Trust. 660 00:41:08,235 --> 00:41:09,902 I liked it better when we were bandits 661 00:41:09,985 --> 00:41:12,527 on the land from the picture patents company. 662 00:41:14,235 --> 00:41:15,568 Let's see what you got. 663 00:41:27,276 --> 00:41:30,568 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 664 00:41:35,110 --> 00:41:37,610 With people starving on breadlines. 665 00:41:39,568 --> 00:41:40,860 The negatives? 666 00:41:41,735 --> 00:41:43,235 They're somewhere safe. 667 00:41:43,318 --> 00:41:45,735 Oh, okay. 668 00:42:04,235 --> 00:42:07,110 HAMMERSMITH: Nice lighter. Here's the thing... 669 00:42:08,110 --> 00:42:09,652 we said 200. 670 00:42:09,735 --> 00:42:11,068 Six hundred is fair, 671 00:42:11,151 --> 00:42:13,360 because I can get that from the teller, easy. 672 00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:15,694 Let me tell you how I see it. 673 00:42:15,777 --> 00:42:17,860 People are desperate out there, Mason. 674 00:42:17,944 --> 00:42:21,568 They're starving, scared, hopeless. 675 00:42:21,652 --> 00:42:24,860 And for one little nickel, what do we give them? 676 00:42:24,944 --> 00:42:27,026 The two hours in the dark, 677 00:42:27,110 --> 00:42:28,777 singing, dancing, 678 00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:30,652 laughter, tears, romance... 679 00:42:32,985 --> 00:42:33,985 hope. 680 00:42:35,318 --> 00:42:38,026 And here you come on New Year's Eve 681 00:42:38,110 --> 00:42:39,527 and what you wanna do 682 00:42:39,610 --> 00:42:43,527 is take these poor suffering people's hope away 683 00:42:43,610 --> 00:42:46,860 -for 400 measly bucks? -I can be flexible on the price. 684 00:42:46,944 --> 00:42:48,527 It's not about the price. 685 00:42:49,151 --> 00:42:50,694 It's the principle. 686 00:42:52,276 --> 00:42:53,318 So... 687 00:42:53,860 --> 00:42:57,527 200 like we agreed 688 00:42:58,235 --> 00:42:59,318 minus... 689 00:43:01,527 --> 00:43:05,360 199 for all the bullshit. 690 00:43:10,318 --> 00:43:12,527 You need to think about your actions. 691 00:43:13,694 --> 00:43:16,235 You need to decide what kind of person... 692 00:43:17,235 --> 00:43:18,527 you wanna be. 693 00:43:26,985 --> 00:43:28,485 And the negatives 694 00:43:28,568 --> 00:43:30,360 when you have a chance. 695 00:43:31,985 --> 00:43:34,902 (GROANS) 696 00:43:46,276 --> 00:43:48,360 (PANTING) 697 00:44:00,068 --> 00:44:01,902 Fuck! 698 00:44:01,985 --> 00:44:06,068 ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 699 00:44:16,402 --> 00:44:21,151 You get it? Did you get the 600? 700 00:44:21,235 --> 00:44:23,652 -There. -The fuck is this, a dollar? 701 00:44:23,735 --> 00:44:25,860 -I think I overplayed it. -Oh, no, Christ. 702 00:44:25,944 --> 00:44:27,652 -No, no, no. -I'm sorry, Pete. 703 00:44:27,735 --> 00:44:29,318 I got a family to feed. 704 00:44:29,402 --> 00:44:33,402 (CHEERING) 705 00:44:35,110 --> 00:44:36,777 And fuck you! 706 00:44:38,944 --> 00:44:42,985 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 707 00:44:55,068 --> 00:44:56,694 Relax, he'll be here. 708 00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:59,318 He got a hot date maybe? 709 00:44:59,402 --> 00:45:01,694 BLACK HAT: Uh-oh. Touched a nerve. 710 00:45:01,777 --> 00:45:03,568 I'm starting to think he doesn't like us. 711 00:45:03,652 --> 00:45:05,193 PINKY RING: Why are you still wearing that hat? 712 00:45:05,276 --> 00:45:07,527 Your picture's on every front page in town. 713 00:45:07,610 --> 00:45:08,694 It's a fedora. 714 00:45:08,777 --> 00:45:11,151 One and half million in Los Angeles. 715 00:45:11,235 --> 00:45:12,527 It looks good on me. 716 00:45:12,610 --> 00:45:14,318 None of this was part of the plan. 717 00:45:14,402 --> 00:45:17,068 So jump off a pier and swim to Tahiti. 718 00:45:17,151 --> 00:45:18,193 I'll take your share. 719 00:45:18,276 --> 00:45:20,235 My share of what? A noose? 720 00:45:20,318 --> 00:45:22,443 BLACK HAT: No one's getting strung out. 721 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:30,402 I should've run. 722 00:45:30,485 --> 00:45:33,110 The second I saw Charlie done like that. 723 00:45:33,193 --> 00:45:34,944 His eyes, Jesus. 724 00:45:35,485 --> 00:45:36,568 I should've run. 725 00:45:36,652 --> 00:45:38,318 We all should have. 726 00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:40,819 But we didn't, did we, killer? 727 00:45:41,944 --> 00:45:43,652 (DOOR OPENS) 728 00:45:45,151 --> 00:45:46,318 (DOOR CLOSES) 729 00:45:46,402 --> 00:45:49,443 Evening, gentlemen. Sorry I'm late. 730 00:45:49,527 --> 00:45:52,694 Bunch of drunk Sambos blocking up the road singing and dancing. 731 00:45:53,485 --> 00:45:54,652 Spooks were so fucking happy, 732 00:45:54,735 --> 00:45:57,026 I didn't have the heart to crack any skulls. 733 00:45:57,110 --> 00:45:58,694 Let's get this over with. 734 00:45:58,777 --> 00:46:00,360 ENNIS: No Auld Lang Syne? 735 00:46:01,902 --> 00:46:02,902 Okay. 736 00:46:14,402 --> 00:46:15,777 What the fuck? 737 00:46:15,860 --> 00:46:17,985 (GUNSHOTS) 738 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,402 (CHOKING) 739 00:46:28,026 --> 00:46:29,318 They made the car. 740 00:46:29,402 --> 00:46:31,026 (GUN CLICKS EMPTY) 741 00:46:33,860 --> 00:46:36,026 (CHOKING) 742 00:46:37,902 --> 00:46:40,860 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 743 00:46:51,819 --> 00:46:53,193 (DOOR CLOSES) 744 00:46:55,694 --> 00:46:57,777 Fuck! Fuck! 745 00:46:59,235 --> 00:47:01,568 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 746 00:47:16,568 --> 00:47:18,610 (FIREWORK SQUEALING) 747 00:47:45,276 --> 00:47:46,944 (SCREAMS) 748 00:47:58,151 --> 00:48:00,110 LINDA: Mailman said it's a stamp short, 749 00:48:00,193 --> 00:48:02,735 wants me to pay for it. I said I'd love to pay for it 750 00:48:02,819 --> 00:48:04,985 except my bum of an ex hasn't sent me money a month. 751 00:48:05,068 --> 00:48:07,110 Yeah, it's been tight, you know? 752 00:48:07,193 --> 00:48:08,819 I haven't-- I don't know 753 00:48:08,902 --> 00:48:11,235 why the fuck I am arguing with you about this, 754 00:48:11,318 --> 00:48:12,610 just put him on the phone. 755 00:48:12,694 --> 00:48:14,026 LINDA: He's already in bed. 756 00:48:14,110 --> 00:48:15,151 Well, then, wake him up! 757 00:48:15,235 --> 00:48:16,568 I'm his-- I'm his father. 758 00:48:16,652 --> 00:48:18,944 I get to talk to my son on New Year's Eve. 759 00:48:19,026 --> 00:48:20,902 LINDA: That was already last year. 760 00:48:20,985 --> 00:48:21,985 It's New Year's Day. 761 00:48:22,068 --> 00:48:23,985 Put him on the fucking phone, Linda. 762 00:48:25,735 --> 00:48:26,777 (SIGHS) 763 00:48:31,443 --> 00:48:34,110 How long have you been standing there? 764 00:48:34,193 --> 00:48:37,402 Long enough to see you make a jackass of yourself. 765 00:48:37,485 --> 00:48:39,652 She hung up on me. 766 00:48:39,735 --> 00:48:42,568 You never call the ex on New Year's Eve, papi. 767 00:48:42,652 --> 00:48:43,902 Hello, operator? 768 00:48:43,985 --> 00:48:46,360 Could I get, um, a long distance call? 769 00:48:46,443 --> 00:48:49,360 City of Salinas, Axminster 7-7181. 770 00:48:49,443 --> 00:48:51,360 What the hell happened to you? 771 00:48:55,777 --> 00:48:58,318 All right. Well, I was just on that line, 772 00:48:58,402 --> 00:49:00,694 it is-- it is the number of a heartless woman, 773 00:49:00,777 --> 00:49:03,110 but there is nothing wrong with her ears, 774 00:49:03,193 --> 00:49:06,026 so keep it ringing. 775 00:49:06,110 --> 00:49:09,443 You know, my second husband tracked me down to Caracas, 776 00:49:09,527 --> 00:49:11,902 I had to pull my little .22 on him. 777 00:49:11,985 --> 00:49:14,110 (CHUCKLES) They only shot the pendejo in-- 778 00:49:14,193 --> 00:49:16,235 Just a little longer, please? 779 00:49:16,318 --> 00:49:18,985 Do you-- Do you have kids, operator? 780 00:49:19,068 --> 00:49:20,568 You have a heart? 781 00:49:22,443 --> 00:49:23,485 No heart. 782 00:49:27,527 --> 00:49:28,568 LUPE: Listen... 783 00:49:30,652 --> 00:49:32,860 I'm flying straight to Oaxaca. 784 00:49:33,735 --> 00:49:35,819 Knocking back some mescal, 785 00:49:35,902 --> 00:49:40,318 chewing on chapulines by sunset next to someone dumb 786 00:49:40,402 --> 00:49:42,694 and good-looking next to me, so... 787 00:49:43,402 --> 00:49:44,902 I thought of you. 788 00:49:48,110 --> 00:49:50,568 Love, romance, excitement? 789 00:49:51,443 --> 00:49:53,026 Hmm. 790 00:49:53,110 --> 00:49:56,735 All of-- All of life's big thrills. 791 00:49:58,860 --> 00:50:02,068 Maybe you can get cleaned up first. 792 00:50:04,944 --> 00:50:08,193 Everybody's up to something. 793 00:50:08,276 --> 00:50:12,568 Everybody's got an angle, hiding something. 794 00:50:15,443 --> 00:50:18,610 And everybody is guilty. 795 00:50:20,402 --> 00:50:22,402 (CHUCKLES) 796 00:50:43,694 --> 00:50:45,318 They don't make these things so good. 797 00:51:00,652 --> 00:51:01,860 Poor papi. 798 00:51:08,193 --> 00:51:11,652 There is a black angel out there. 799 00:51:12,276 --> 00:51:16,026 A big, big, black angel 800 00:51:16,694 --> 00:51:18,694 with long fingers. 801 00:51:26,318 --> 00:51:27,985 Oh, fuck. 802 00:51:55,985 --> 00:51:59,193 ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 803 00:53:53,902 --> 00:53:56,151 So you like turtles? 804 00:54:11,985 --> 00:54:16,026 ♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 805 00:56:08,485 --> 00:56:09,944 PERRY MASON: The deck was stacked from the start. 806 00:56:10,443 --> 00:56:12,902 Three guys, three stiffs. According to the cops, 807 00:56:13,110 --> 00:56:15,235 -that's it. -That seem likely to you? 808 00:56:15,318 --> 00:56:16,860 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 809 00:56:16,944 --> 00:56:21,610 Charlie Dodson, may this temple crumble if we fail you. 810 00:56:22,902 --> 00:56:24,735 MASON: No one wants this case. 811 00:56:27,902 --> 00:56:29,860 This one's really got its hooks in me. 812 00:56:30,652 --> 00:56:33,694 ♪ Wade in the water ♪ 813 00:56:33,777 --> 00:56:36,402 Someone under our roof, capable of such acts of evil, 814 00:56:36,485 --> 00:56:38,568 -it has shaken our church. -It's shaken all of us. 815 00:56:39,110 --> 00:56:40,235 E.B. JONATHAN: The district attorney 816 00:56:40,318 --> 00:56:41,902 is eyeballing the mayor's seat. 817 00:56:41,985 --> 00:56:43,652 We're gonna run him over like a streetcar. 818 00:56:43,985 --> 00:56:45,985 MAYNARD BARNES: The perpetrators will be quickly put down. 819 00:56:46,193 --> 00:56:47,819 Justice for Charlie Dodson! 820 00:56:47,985 --> 00:56:51,068 ♪ Wade in the water ♪ 821 00:56:51,694 --> 00:56:54,068 Mr. Mason's evidence is coming up short. 822 00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,110 You're pulling this out of your ass, boy-o. 823 00:56:56,193 --> 00:56:57,485 Oh, that I agree with. 824 00:56:57,568 --> 00:56:59,652 The cops barely investigated the case. 825 00:56:59,735 --> 00:57:02,985 -I'm the lawyer here! -Then act like one, goddammit! 826 00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:04,652 This case is getting to you. 827 00:57:04,985 --> 00:57:07,485 You're a detective, did I hear wrong, Mr. Mason? 828 00:57:09,151 --> 00:57:12,068 You guys are breaking so many laws right now. 829 00:57:12,902 --> 00:57:14,819 ♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪ 830 00:57:16,068 --> 00:57:19,318 -This is over! -I'm not done yet! 831 00:57:20,944 --> 00:57:22,193 MAN: The hell are you doing here? 832 00:57:22,652 --> 00:57:23,985 Just looking for justice. 833 00:57:24,527 --> 00:57:28,026 ♪ God's gonna trouble The water ♪