1 00:00:01,860 --> 00:00:06,281 Do you think a little girl like Abigail could be capable of murder? 2 00:00:06,365 --> 00:00:10,661 - It was you who killed her, Abigail! - I didn't kill her! 3 00:00:12,246 --> 00:00:13,497 I'm coming! 4 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:15,249 Sam, look out! 5 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:28,095 You two rabbits ought to be ashamed! 6 00:00:28,178 --> 00:00:29,972 The weddin' is tomorrow! 7 00:00:30,055 --> 00:00:32,599 You get him out of here. You hear me, Abigail Fuller? 8 00:00:32,683 --> 00:00:34,810 Don Takins's boy's disappeared. 9 00:00:34,852 --> 00:00:37,104 It looks like you're gonna have a witch hunt on your hands. 10 00:00:38,355 --> 00:00:40,274 Sam, look out! 11 00:00:40,983 --> 00:00:43,527 No! No! She should die! No! 12 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:46,822 Just know that for this brief moment in time, 13 00:00:48,490 --> 00:00:50,576 we belong to each other. 14 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:53,745 Please know that. 15 00:00:55,456 --> 00:00:57,207 I love you. 16 00:01:15,767 --> 00:01:17,311 "Baton Rouge Gazette. 17 00:01:17,394 --> 00:01:19,730 "July 28, 1978." 18 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,607 Louisiana. 19 00:01:21,982 --> 00:01:23,859 It wasn't over. 20 00:01:24,359 --> 00:01:28,322 My memory was fading, but in my soul I knew it wasn't over. 21 00:01:28,572 --> 00:01:32,493 I was still in the South, and somehow Abigail had summoned me back. 22 00:01:32,826 --> 00:01:34,578 But for what? 23 00:01:35,037 --> 00:01:36,788 And as who? 24 00:01:38,332 --> 00:01:41,668 - Bo, the child has legal rights. - Wait a second. Wait a second. 25 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:44,171 Larry Stanton? 26 00:01:44,254 --> 00:01:46,965 Hello, sweet cheeks. 27 00:01:47,382 --> 00:01:50,636 Come on over here, you hot-blooded, Southern rebel, 28 00:01:50,719 --> 00:01:53,430 and melt me down. 29 00:01:54,890 --> 00:01:57,601 Tonight, Lawrence Stanton III, 30 00:01:57,684 --> 00:02:01,188 I am Jane Fonda in Butterfeld 8. 31 00:02:02,731 --> 00:02:04,149 Oh, boy. 32 00:03:19,558 --> 00:03:23,687 I got a bad feelin' about this. 33 00:03:24,062 --> 00:03:26,857 After 28 years of marriage, 34 00:03:26,982 --> 00:03:30,485 I know every feelin' you got. 35 00:03:31,153 --> 00:03:35,616 - I'm your husband? - Well, of course you're my husband. 36 00:03:36,575 --> 00:03:41,913 Unless you wanna be that wicked Blackbeard again. 37 00:03:43,165 --> 00:03:47,169 - Why am I here? - Oh, no, you don't! 38 00:03:47,252 --> 00:03:50,213 - Don't you start that. - Start what? 39 00:03:50,297 --> 00:03:53,008 That-That craziness about hearing voices. 40 00:03:53,133 --> 00:03:57,929 - I don't wanna hear another word. - I heard voices? 41 00:03:58,013 --> 00:04:00,140 I said, not another word. 42 00:04:00,265 --> 00:04:03,060 - But what do you mean-- - That's it. That is it. 43 00:04:03,185 --> 00:04:07,230 You have gone and done it. You have ruined everything. I am no longer in the mood. 44 00:04:07,356 --> 00:04:10,817 So you can hang up your holsters until next Saturday night. 45 00:04:14,863 --> 00:04:18,033 - Aren't you gonna stop me? - Stop you? 46 00:04:18,533 --> 00:04:21,495 I'm callin' my mother! 47 00:04:21,620 --> 00:04:22,996 Oh, boy! 48 00:04:23,121 --> 00:04:25,582 Sam, you're not gonna believe this yo-yo in the waiting room. 49 00:04:25,707 --> 00:04:28,752 - Larry Stanton? - Lawrence Stanton III, actually. 50 00:04:28,877 --> 00:04:32,214 You have a lucrative law practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 51 00:04:32,297 --> 00:04:35,801 and your counterpart in the waiting room thinks he's dead. 52 00:04:35,926 --> 00:04:36,843 What? 53 00:04:36,968 --> 00:04:39,137 He thinks I'm St. Peter and I'm gonna send him to hell... 54 00:04:39,221 --> 00:04:40,972 for overcharging his hours. 55 00:04:41,098 --> 00:04:43,725 Reminds me of my last two divorce lawyers. 56 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:46,680 - Do you remember Larry Stanton? - Yeah. 57 00:04:46,750 --> 00:04:49,481 I mean, there were-- 58 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:51,525 I remember, uh, 59 00:04:53,902 --> 00:04:55,696 there was a hanging... 60 00:04:56,613 --> 00:04:58,490 and a lot people, and... 61 00:04:59,366 --> 00:05:01,201 he was hurt. 62 00:05:02,536 --> 00:05:08,041 - I think he tried to save her. - Who? Her? 63 00:05:08,166 --> 00:05:12,421 No, no, no. Not her, not her. That's Mrs. Larry Stanton. She wants to "melt me down." 64 00:05:12,504 --> 00:05:16,383 Oh. Well, no wonder old Larry I would rather go to hell than come back here. 65 00:05:16,466 --> 00:05:20,303 He's gonna be in big trouble if he comes back here talking about heaven and angels, 66 00:05:20,429 --> 00:05:22,889 because Mrs. Larry already thinks that he's nuts. 67 00:05:23,014 --> 00:05:27,227 Mrs. Larry-- Her name is Sherilyn Stanton. 68 00:05:27,352 --> 00:05:30,522 She's 51 years old, and she's going through her second husband. 69 00:05:30,647 --> 00:05:33,525 She killed the first one at the tender age of 17. 70 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:37,654 And Ziggy says that she's gonna bury the second one as well. 71 00:05:38,822 --> 00:05:42,868 - Murder? - No. Heart attacks. 72 00:05:43,201 --> 00:05:46,955 Mr. Stanton the first was 77. 73 00:05:47,330 --> 00:05:49,291 Now, according to Ziggy, 74 00:05:49,416 --> 00:05:53,462 there's a 41-41.12-- 75 00:05:53,587 --> 00:05:55,453 43-point chance you're here-- 76 00:05:55,513 --> 00:05:56,649 No, no, no. 77 00:05:56,703 --> 00:05:59,301 If you think I'm here to save their marriage, Al, you can forget about that. 78 00:05:59,384 --> 00:06:02,971 Well, actually, Ziggy hasn't the slightest idea why you're here. 79 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:07,893 So I'd suggest you go open the door and see what drifts in. 80 00:06:08,518 --> 00:06:11,688 Larry, will you please answer the damn door! 81 00:06:11,813 --> 00:06:15,108 I am far too upset to be entertaining guests. 82 00:06:17,944 --> 00:06:20,947 Don't look at me. I don't make up these assignments. 83 00:06:27,788 --> 00:06:29,372 Hello. 84 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:51,520 It's been a long time, Counselor. A very long time. 85 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:54,815 - Would you like to, uh, come in? - No, it's-- 86 00:06:55,190 --> 00:06:56,900 Be all right out here. 87 00:06:57,150 --> 00:07:01,279 You don't remember me. It's Marie. 88 00:07:01,404 --> 00:07:03,365 - It's Marie from Pottersville. - Marie? 89 00:07:03,490 --> 00:07:07,661 - Your brain is Swiss-cheesed, Sam. - Marie from Pottersville. Marie Billings. 90 00:07:07,786 --> 00:07:10,163 Marie-Marie Billings. 91 00:07:10,247 --> 00:07:12,916 This is the woman that used to work for Clayton Fuller. 92 00:07:13,291 --> 00:07:14,876 - Abigail? - Yeah. 93 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,547 - I knew you didn't get my telegram. - Is Abigail all right? 94 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:22,968 Well, I've been working for that family for almost 30 years. 95 00:07:23,093 --> 00:07:26,596 Practically raised that child myself after her daddy died. 96 00:07:26,721 --> 00:07:32,477 She didn't have no one else after Henry died. Neither did I. 97 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:36,022 What's happened to Abigail? 98 00:07:36,398 --> 00:07:38,567 They found those bones, 99 00:07:38,859 --> 00:07:41,778 and then there was that horrible murder. 100 00:07:42,529 --> 00:07:45,407 They're accusing Abigail of murder. 101 00:07:45,532 --> 00:07:47,617 That happened over 25 years ago. 102 00:07:47,701 --> 00:07:53,456 And the trial starts tomorrow. But nobody would take it, Mr. Stanton. Nobody. 103 00:07:53,790 --> 00:07:57,168 She said maybe you? 104 00:07:58,253 --> 00:08:02,257 You were there for that horrible night, and she said... 105 00:08:02,424 --> 00:08:04,926 only Will and you believed in her. 106 00:08:05,051 --> 00:08:08,930 My husband doesn't take charity cases anymore. 107 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:11,558 Besides, he is retired. 108 00:08:11,808 --> 00:08:14,019 No wonder Larry would rather stay dead. 109 00:08:14,144 --> 00:08:16,354 This is very important, Mrs. Stanton. 110 00:08:16,479 --> 00:08:18,648 You remember Marie Billings from Pottersville. 111 00:08:18,732 --> 00:08:21,401 I said, my husband is retired. 112 00:08:21,526 --> 00:08:23,737 He has a very bad heart. 113 00:08:23,862 --> 00:08:26,031 Sam, Larry never took Abigail's case. 114 00:08:26,114 --> 00:08:28,199 - But if you would just hear me out-- - I have told you a million times. 115 00:08:28,283 --> 00:08:30,410 We don't have to work with this kind of nigger trash anymore. 116 00:08:30,535 --> 00:08:31,912 Ouch! 117 00:08:33,038 --> 00:08:34,539 Marie, 118 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:39,711 I'd like to apologize for what my wife just said. 119 00:08:40,503 --> 00:08:42,631 Will you excuse me for a moment? 120 00:08:45,926 --> 00:08:49,054 I'd like you to go inside and make Marie and me some lemonade. 121 00:08:49,137 --> 00:08:51,306 - And take your time. - But, Lawrence-- 122 00:08:51,389 --> 00:08:52,974 Get inside. 123 00:09:01,316 --> 00:09:03,735 - I don't want to cause any trouble. - Marie, I'm sorry. 124 00:09:03,860 --> 00:09:05,028 From the look of it, 125 00:09:05,153 --> 00:09:07,364 Miss Racist-in-a-Moo-Moo could use a dose of trouble. 126 00:09:07,489 --> 00:09:09,491 Just sit down. I'm so sorry. 127 00:09:09,574 --> 00:09:13,995 Sam, maybe you're here to see that Larry takes Abigail's case. 128 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,082 You remember that little Aider girl? 129 00:09:17,207 --> 00:09:20,043 Well, she disappeared two years before you moved to town. 130 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:23,964 Folks thought that she was taken by a pack of wild dogs. 131 00:09:24,089 --> 00:09:28,093 Violet Aider's bones were discovered sealed in the town well. 132 00:09:28,218 --> 00:09:31,054 - And everybody thought that Abigail-- - Abigail didn't kill them. 133 00:09:31,179 --> 00:09:33,056 I can't believe this is really happening. 134 00:09:33,181 --> 00:09:36,559 You and I both know that. After they got the bones out, 135 00:09:36,851 --> 00:09:40,981 Ms. Leta put together a case with some lawyer-- 136 00:09:41,106 --> 00:09:43,817 Denton Waters. Ziggy says he's never lost a case. 137 00:09:43,942 --> 00:09:45,902 For something that happened 25 years ago? 138 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:47,946 No, no, no. That was just it. 139 00:09:48,071 --> 00:09:53,201 The lawyer told Ms. Leta that he couldn't try Abigail for Violet's murder. 140 00:09:53,326 --> 00:09:55,745 Abigail is convicted of murder, Sam. 141 00:09:55,870 --> 00:09:57,831 But she was eight years old. 142 00:09:58,081 --> 00:10:00,375 Ms. Leta was found... 143 00:10:00,458 --> 00:10:04,254 with her throat cut open on Abigail's kitchen floor. 144 00:10:04,379 --> 00:10:08,925 Abigail is executed for the murder of Leta Aider. 145 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,231 Now don't go have a heart attack on me, Mr. Stanton. 146 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:25,692 Abigail needs your real bad. 147 00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:33,950 I'll go, uh, pack my things, Marie. 148 00:10:34,034 --> 00:10:37,037 Now, we have to call Sheriff Loman and tell him that... 149 00:10:37,162 --> 00:10:39,622 - You'll be up there this afternoon. - Right. All right. I'll do that. 150 00:10:39,748 --> 00:10:44,044 You just sit down here, relax, and I'll be out in a few minutes. Okay? 151 00:10:44,294 --> 00:10:46,463 Abigail said you would come. 152 00:11:03,354 --> 00:11:05,857 You're still in love with Abigail, aren't you? 153 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:08,651 I'm taking the case, Al. Does history change? 154 00:11:09,110 --> 00:11:12,197 Not unless you do something to change it. 155 00:11:12,822 --> 00:11:18,203 Abigail Fuller dies in the electric chair June 30, 1984. 156 00:11:25,835 --> 00:11:29,547 Little Violet Aider had waited 25 years for someone to find her. 157 00:11:29,881 --> 00:11:31,633 And finally, they had. 158 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:34,594 Leta had come after Abigail with a vengeance, 159 00:11:34,719 --> 00:11:38,181 desperately trying to mount a case that would send her to the electric chair. 160 00:11:38,515 --> 00:11:41,267 But now Leta was dead, and I knew that fate... 161 00:11:41,392 --> 00:11:43,853 had brought me back into Abigail's life... 162 00:11:44,020 --> 00:11:47,315 to prove her innocence once and for all. 163 00:11:49,818 --> 00:11:52,153 All right. Let me see those files. I'll be out of your way. 164 00:11:52,278 --> 00:11:55,031 You got it. There he is. 165 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:59,661 Hey, Stanton. How come I'm so young, and you got so old? 166 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:01,830 - Good to see you again, Bo. - Good to see you. 167 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:04,999 This is Denton Waters. He's the special prosecutor for the State. 168 00:12:05,083 --> 00:12:06,126 Mr. Waters. 169 00:12:06,251 --> 00:12:09,420 Mr. Stanton. I understand you used to live around these parts. 170 00:12:09,504 --> 00:12:10,547 Yeah. 171 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:13,967 Moved away in '66 right after that incident with the Takins boy gettin' lost. 172 00:12:14,092 --> 00:12:15,468 What incident was that? 173 00:12:15,552 --> 00:12:18,555 Oh, couple townsfolks decided to take the law in their own hands. 174 00:12:18,638 --> 00:12:21,391 - They were gonna string up Abigail. - Is that so? 175 00:12:21,516 --> 00:12:24,352 As I recall, Leta Aider was one of the main instigators. 176 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:28,976 Larry packed up his bags and his wife and kids and left damn near the next day. 177 00:12:29,107 --> 00:12:32,110 Mr. Stanton said he had no intentions of letting his family 178 00:12:32,235 --> 00:12:34,404 grow up in a town that was so backwards, 179 00:12:34,529 --> 00:12:38,700 it was capable of lynchin' one of its own. 180 00:12:41,077 --> 00:12:45,415 Um, I always admired you for that. 181 00:12:46,624 --> 00:12:48,084 Mrs. Kinman? 182 00:12:48,209 --> 00:12:50,712 "Kinman"? There's a name I haven't heard in a long time. 183 00:12:50,837 --> 00:12:52,088 It's still Fuller. 184 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:54,465 Yeah, Will and Abigail never quite made it to the altar. 185 00:12:54,591 --> 00:12:59,596 If you don't mind, I would prefer to discuss my past with Mr. Stanton myself. 186 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,057 I thought he'd rather hear it from me than get an earful from the Potter parish. 187 00:13:03,183 --> 00:13:05,310 I don't think that Miss Fuller's marital status 188 00:13:05,435 --> 00:13:07,437 has any relevance to this trial, does it? 189 00:13:07,645 --> 00:13:09,272 Neither does my bein' here. 190 00:13:09,355 --> 00:13:12,275 I'm sure you two have a great deal to discuss before tomorrow. 191 00:13:12,358 --> 00:13:15,570 - Yeah, starting with a continuance. - I'm afraid we've had two already. 192 00:13:15,653 --> 00:13:17,739 A third is out of the question. 193 00:13:18,114 --> 00:13:19,824 I-I'm sorry. Have you, uh-- 194 00:13:19,949 --> 00:13:21,910 Mr. Waters and I have already met. 195 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:24,245 Well, I'll need to see the rest of those files. 196 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:26,873 Oh, and make sure that Mr. Stanton has copies. 197 00:13:26,998 --> 00:13:31,002 We wouldn't want him to declare a mistrial for lack of disclosure. 198 00:13:33,046 --> 00:13:36,090 Stanton, why don't you go ahead and use my office? 199 00:13:36,507 --> 00:13:38,718 Take as much time as you want to. 200 00:13:40,595 --> 00:13:44,224 Jim Bob's gonna be outside, and the file's on the desk. 201 00:13:54,275 --> 00:13:56,694 I'm very glad you came, Mr. Stanton. 202 00:13:57,237 --> 00:13:58,947 I never should have left. 203 00:14:04,202 --> 00:14:08,539 There aren't any hotels in town, so I told Marie you'd be staying at the house. 204 00:14:09,707 --> 00:14:12,168 Yes, thank you. She, uh-- She told me-- 205 00:14:12,293 --> 00:14:15,171 Would you mind taking these home for me? They're just a bunch of bills. 206 00:14:15,255 --> 00:14:18,049 But right now, they seem kind of unimportant. 207 00:14:24,555 --> 00:14:26,849 Sorry about what happened with you and Will. 208 00:14:27,350 --> 00:14:28,685 Oh. 209 00:14:30,103 --> 00:14:31,854 Would you mind tellin' me? 210 00:14:34,899 --> 00:14:38,278 There's not much to tell, but, uh-- 211 00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:42,657 It was just one moment, we were very much in love and getting married. 212 00:14:42,782 --> 00:14:47,495 And the next, he moved out west to write a book. 213 00:14:51,416 --> 00:14:53,543 I hear he's doing real well. 214 00:14:54,877 --> 00:14:57,338 What else do you wanna know, Mr. Stanton? 215 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:05,430 How I'm gonna stretch 15 hours into three weeks to get ready for your trial. 216 00:15:05,555 --> 00:15:09,142 - Should I be afraid, Mr. Stanton? - Only if you're guilty. 217 00:15:09,267 --> 00:15:11,477 Well, I didn't kill Leta Aider. 218 00:15:13,062 --> 00:15:14,772 Do you believe me? 219 00:15:15,023 --> 00:15:16,774 Yes, I do. 220 00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:24,032 Now, you wanna tell me what happened? 221 00:15:26,075 --> 00:15:30,872 Well, it was a little after 3:00 on Tuesday. 222 00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:35,585 I'd just been to the market to get a few things, and, uh-- 223 00:15:35,835 --> 00:15:40,548 I came straight home and I went to the kitchen to put the groceries away. 224 00:15:41,924 --> 00:15:44,302 And then I saw Leta. 225 00:15:44,552 --> 00:15:47,638 - Were there any signs of a struggle? - The whole place was a mess. 226 00:15:47,930 --> 00:15:50,641 - So you phoned the police? - No. 227 00:15:51,309 --> 00:15:53,603 No, no, I didn't. I-- 228 00:15:55,146 --> 00:16:00,360 I was just standin' there lookin' at Leta in all that blood. 229 00:16:02,278 --> 00:16:06,532 And then, uh, Bo Loman showed up and said... 230 00:16:06,657 --> 00:16:10,578 that he'd gotten a call from someone that said they heard a woman screamin'. 231 00:16:12,246 --> 00:16:15,666 Your first attorney wanted you to plead self-defense. 232 00:16:15,792 --> 00:16:17,752 I didn't kill her. 233 00:16:19,003 --> 00:16:23,591 Denton Waters was approached prior to the death of Leta Aider... 234 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:27,470 to come up with a case against you for the murder of Violet... 235 00:16:27,595 --> 00:16:29,931 and for the murder of her father, Bart Aider. 236 00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:33,142 I know. They're supposed to exhume Bart's body tomorrow. 237 00:16:33,267 --> 00:16:37,522 Abigail, didn't you know that... 238 00:16:37,605 --> 00:16:40,942 no matter how much evidence they got together to bring you to trial... 239 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:45,154 that they couldn't because the crimes were committed when you were a minor? 240 00:16:46,656 --> 00:16:50,201 I remember that day Violet disappeared so clear. 241 00:16:50,451 --> 00:16:52,628 And yet, sometimes I feel-- 242 00:16:54,372 --> 00:16:56,958 Well, everyone else was so sure. 243 00:16:59,001 --> 00:17:01,671 Maybe I remembered what I wanted. 244 00:17:04,382 --> 00:17:06,050 Maybe-- 245 00:17:07,635 --> 00:17:09,470 I wanted to hold her. 246 00:17:09,804 --> 00:17:14,225 Tell her, "You're not crazy. You didn't kill anyone." 247 00:17:14,725 --> 00:17:18,688 But I wanted more. With Abigail, I always wanted more. 248 00:17:18,813 --> 00:17:20,565 You all right? 249 00:17:29,407 --> 00:17:30,992 Yes, I am. 250 00:17:35,705 --> 00:17:37,415 Strange. 251 00:17:39,083 --> 00:17:41,794 It was just for a moment, you-- 252 00:17:43,588 --> 00:17:45,381 In your eyes-- 253 00:17:47,258 --> 00:17:50,720 I, uh, don't believe that you killed Violet. 254 00:17:51,345 --> 00:17:53,055 Otherwise, I wouldn't be here. 255 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:56,434 Who discovered, uh, Violet's remains? 256 00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:59,103 Restoration crew. 257 00:17:59,687 --> 00:18:01,397 They were tearing down the old well, 258 00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:03,483 and one of the workmen dropped his watch or something. 259 00:18:03,608 --> 00:18:06,027 Went down to get it, and found the skeleton. 260 00:18:10,615 --> 00:18:12,700 Funny, the games fate plays. 261 00:18:12,783 --> 00:18:16,287 I imagine that was enough to get Leta Aider started again. 262 00:18:16,412 --> 00:18:17,872 Oh, she never stopped. 263 00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:21,501 Not really. I mean, all she needed was Violet's locket, 264 00:18:21,584 --> 00:18:23,377 and the case would be complete. 265 00:18:23,503 --> 00:18:27,089 Abigail, I need you to remember everything... 266 00:18:27,215 --> 00:18:29,842 about the day that Violet disappeared... 267 00:18:30,092 --> 00:18:32,762 and about Bart and about Leta. 268 00:18:32,873 --> 00:18:33,874 Why? 269 00:18:34,013 --> 00:18:38,559 Because I need to know everything about your past-- good or bad. 270 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,604 Why don't we start with Violet? 271 00:18:43,064 --> 00:18:44,565 Well, 272 00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:49,737 I can't really say that we were friends, Violet and I. 273 00:18:51,072 --> 00:18:53,991 I guess we were rivals. 274 00:18:55,243 --> 00:18:56,994 She, uh-- 275 00:18:57,495 --> 00:19:02,041 She used to tease me... all the time. 276 00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:08,047 Then that day-- that day, she was tauntin' me... 277 00:19:08,130 --> 00:19:09,590 about a little gold locket... 278 00:19:09,674 --> 00:19:13,219 that I'd been saving up for, but I couldn't afford. 279 00:19:14,345 --> 00:19:16,847 Just to spite me, she bought it. 280 00:19:18,641 --> 00:19:20,977 She kept pushin' it in my face, 281 00:19:21,102 --> 00:19:24,188 saying that my family was poor and that we were crazy. 282 00:19:24,313 --> 00:19:28,317 So I hit her. She laughed harder, so I hit her harder. 283 00:19:28,442 --> 00:19:31,988 Her nose started to bleed on her sweater, and she started crying. 284 00:19:32,113 --> 00:19:34,240 And I just kept hittin' her and hittin' her and hittin' her. 285 00:19:34,365 --> 00:19:36,909 It was like I couldn't stop. 286 00:19:37,451 --> 00:19:41,664 When I finally did stop, she ran off, said she was gonna tell her mother. 287 00:19:45,334 --> 00:19:47,712 I did not like Violet, 288 00:19:49,714 --> 00:19:51,716 but I didn't kill her. 289 00:19:53,884 --> 00:19:55,928 I didn't kill her. 290 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:02,018 I didn't kill her. 291 00:20:21,370 --> 00:20:24,373 Abigail and I talked for another three hours. 292 00:20:24,707 --> 00:20:27,543 She told me about Violet and Bart... 293 00:20:27,710 --> 00:20:30,129 and how she had been there when they died, 294 00:20:30,546 --> 00:20:32,757 About her mother and her grandmother. 295 00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:36,302 Each story brought back more memories of Abigail. 296 00:20:36,719 --> 00:20:38,554 Somehow, in my Swiss cheese brain, 297 00:20:38,679 --> 00:20:41,057 every moment I had spent leaping into Abigail's life... 298 00:20:41,182 --> 00:20:44,060 was as clear as if it had happened yesterday. 299 00:20:45,436 --> 00:20:47,229 Gonna save her? 300 00:20:48,397 --> 00:20:50,358 Are you gonna save my mommy? 301 00:20:52,526 --> 00:20:56,405 - Abigail? - Abigail's my mother. 302 00:20:57,281 --> 00:21:00,868 Your mother? But she said that Will-- 303 00:21:00,951 --> 00:21:04,121 Mary Beth said you can't help her. Mary Beth said... 304 00:21:04,205 --> 00:21:07,416 that the judge was gonna take her to jail, and they were gonna-- 305 00:21:07,541 --> 00:21:10,753 Come here. Nobody's gonna hurt your mother. 306 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:13,297 But Mary Beth said that they were gonna-- 307 00:21:13,422 --> 00:21:15,883 Look. I don't care what Mary Beth said. 308 00:21:16,175 --> 00:21:19,720 I'm not about to let anybody hurt your mother. 309 00:21:20,262 --> 00:21:21,931 You mean that? 310 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,308 With all my heart. 311 00:21:24,642 --> 00:21:29,271 You know, I came from very far away... 312 00:21:29,438 --> 00:21:31,148 to help your mother. 313 00:21:31,315 --> 00:21:34,777 And I don't think I would have been brought here if I couldn't do the job. 314 00:21:37,571 --> 00:21:42,326 So why don't you dry those pretty eyes, 315 00:21:42,493 --> 00:21:47,164 and, um, let's not worry about any of this a bit, okay? 316 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:52,837 - What's your name? - Sam. 317 00:21:53,295 --> 00:21:55,923 Larry Stanton. 318 00:21:56,324 --> 00:21:58,868 - What's yours? - Sammy Jo. 319 00:21:59,009 --> 00:22:01,095 Samantha Josephine Fuller. 320 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:06,642 I'm very, very glad you're here, Mr. Sam Larry Stanton. Very glad. 321 00:22:06,767 --> 00:22:10,938 Uh, Sam, Ziggy says you're not here just to save Abigail. 322 00:22:11,397 --> 00:22:14,275 You're here to save Sammy Jo. 323 00:22:14,859 --> 00:22:17,903 There's a 91.9% chance that... 324 00:22:18,279 --> 00:22:22,450 Sammy Jo Fuller is your daughter. 325 00:22:29,540 --> 00:22:31,125 According to Ziggy, 326 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:34,712 she has an I.Q. Of 194. 327 00:22:34,837 --> 00:22:37,631 So she got her brains from her father. 328 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,135 But the tragedy in all of this is that she's so traumatized 329 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:43,971 by the death of her mother that she drops out. 330 00:22:44,346 --> 00:22:47,224 She's living alone in Mobile right now. 331 00:22:47,349 --> 00:22:50,936 She's writing computer manuals for some rinky-dink little company. 332 00:22:51,061 --> 00:22:53,522 - No. - "No" what? 333 00:22:56,901 --> 00:23:01,363 No way am I gonna get busted... 334 00:23:01,447 --> 00:23:04,158 for keeping a 10-year-old kid up so late. 335 00:23:04,742 --> 00:23:06,786 I'm not 10. I'm 11. 336 00:23:07,203 --> 00:23:08,996 And you're not keeping me up. 337 00:23:09,079 --> 00:23:11,791 I'm waitin' for Marie to wake up so we can go. 338 00:23:12,208 --> 00:23:13,501 Where are you going? 339 00:23:13,626 --> 00:23:15,920 Yeah, you know, I think it's kinda creepy, uh-- 340 00:23:16,045 --> 00:23:17,087 Just to Marie's. 341 00:23:17,213 --> 00:23:20,132 You know, for a kid to stay in a place where dead people were. 342 00:23:20,257 --> 00:23:22,568 I'm staying with her till Mommy comes home. 343 00:23:22,636 --> 00:23:23,653 Lordy. 344 00:23:24,220 --> 00:23:26,972 We all gonna turn into pumpkins. 345 00:23:27,097 --> 00:23:29,475 I gotta get you home, child. 346 00:23:30,059 --> 00:23:32,394 I see you met our Sammy Jo. 347 00:23:32,603 --> 00:23:35,439 Smartest little girl in the whole parish. 348 00:23:36,232 --> 00:23:40,194 I put up some chicken and rice for you, Mr. Stanton, in the kitchen. 349 00:23:40,277 --> 00:23:44,323 - You want me to warm it? - You better get her home, huh? 350 00:23:44,740 --> 00:23:47,284 Sammy Jo, why don't you run in the kitchen and pull that plate out-- 351 00:23:47,368 --> 00:23:51,121 No! I can't go in there! Please don't make me go in there. 352 00:23:51,247 --> 00:23:54,166 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 353 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:56,669 I didn't know what I was thinkin' about, baby. 354 00:23:56,794 --> 00:24:00,631 Your Marie is just gettin' old and forgetful. 355 00:24:00,881 --> 00:24:04,927 Now, I'll get you outta here and in a nice, warm bed. 356 00:24:05,261 --> 00:24:10,182 She's probably right. If you, you know, put on some nice pajamas... 357 00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:14,103 and get in a big, warm bed, you'll have a good night's sleep. 358 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:20,734 Will I see you tomorrow, Mr. Stanton? 359 00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:24,989 Now, Sammy Jo, I don't want you anywhere near that courthouse. 360 00:24:25,155 --> 00:24:28,158 I'll be here every day after 5:00. 361 00:24:30,744 --> 00:24:32,955 And I can come see you? 362 00:24:34,665 --> 00:24:36,834 I'd be sad if you don't. 363 00:24:39,003 --> 00:24:40,546 Good night. 364 00:24:40,671 --> 00:24:42,548 Come on, honey. 365 00:24:47,011 --> 00:24:49,013 I have a daughter, Al. 366 00:24:54,852 --> 00:24:57,313 Now there were two people I had to save-- 367 00:24:57,438 --> 00:25:00,691 Abigail and our daughter, Sammy Jo. 368 00:25:00,816 --> 00:25:03,444 And even from her grave, Leta held the key. 369 00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:07,239 Mr. Stanton, would you care to address the jury? 370 00:25:07,364 --> 00:25:10,576 Uh, yes. Well, firstly-- firstly, there's no proof... 371 00:25:10,659 --> 00:25:14,622 that Abigail killed either Violet or her father. 372 00:25:16,498 --> 00:25:21,795 First of all, I would like to clear up some of the clutter... 373 00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:25,341 that Mr. Waters has thrown in your way about this trial. 374 00:25:27,468 --> 00:25:30,971 We are here for one reason and one reason only-- 375 00:25:31,263 --> 00:25:34,683 to determine the guilt or innocence of Abigail Fuller... 376 00:25:34,808 --> 00:25:37,561 with regards to the murder of Leta Aider. 377 00:25:37,645 --> 00:25:40,230 Now, since Mr. Waters brought this up, 378 00:25:40,856 --> 00:25:45,778 I feel I must remind you all that it has never been proven that... 379 00:25:45,903 --> 00:25:48,197 Abigail Fuller committed murder. 380 00:25:48,614 --> 00:25:51,700 It has never been proven that Abigail Fuller... 381 00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:55,412 took the lives of Violet or her father. 382 00:25:57,039 --> 00:26:01,251 Now, that fact haunted Leta Aider. 383 00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:03,629 It haunted her... 384 00:26:04,004 --> 00:26:07,049 because she desperately needed someone to blame... 385 00:26:07,174 --> 00:26:09,009 for the loss of her family. 386 00:26:10,344 --> 00:26:15,015 Now, I do not know why Leta's family was taken from her, 387 00:26:15,766 --> 00:26:20,854 but I do know that my client, Abigail Fuller, was not responsible. 388 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,399 Well, she had no motive to kill Leta. 389 00:26:23,524 --> 00:26:25,401 And-And because she is innocent-- 390 00:26:25,526 --> 00:26:28,445 And even if she did, she wouldn't be responsible because she just was a minor. 391 00:26:28,570 --> 00:26:34,702 Since she did not kill Violet or Bart, she would have no reason to murder Leta-- 392 00:26:34,827 --> 00:26:37,788 no motive to murder Leta Aider. 393 00:26:37,913 --> 00:26:40,708 Now, Mr. Waters omitted the fact... 394 00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:42,960 that by statute, 395 00:26:43,293 --> 00:26:47,131 the state of Louisiana cannot convict a minor of a felony. 396 00:26:47,256 --> 00:26:50,592 That's if she committed a felony, which she did not. 397 00:26:50,801 --> 00:26:55,681 Why would this woman jeopardize her life... 398 00:26:55,806 --> 00:26:57,599 and the life of her daughter? 399 00:26:57,683 --> 00:27:00,978 The answer is... she would not. 400 00:27:01,061 --> 00:27:03,230 Yeah. They're barking up the wrong oak. 401 00:27:03,313 --> 00:27:06,859 There is a murderer and a killer-- 402 00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:09,361 a killer who came into Abigail's kitchen... 403 00:27:09,486 --> 00:27:12,072 and, for whatever reason, took the life of Leta Aider. 404 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:16,160 A crime was committed, but not by this woman. 405 00:27:16,285 --> 00:27:18,537 Now, you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 406 00:27:18,662 --> 00:27:21,457 have a very difficult task ahead of you here. 407 00:27:22,082 --> 00:27:24,710 You have to throw out... 408 00:27:24,835 --> 00:27:28,255 the rumors and the gossip and the lies... 409 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:34,344 that have followed Abigail Fuller for the past 25 years and listen only to the facts. 410 00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:37,264 And using that knowledge, and that knowledge only, 411 00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:41,060 you must determine the guilt or innocence... 412 00:27:41,685 --> 00:27:43,520 of Abigail Fuller. 413 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:46,648 You must determine her fate... 414 00:27:47,566 --> 00:27:50,736 and the future of her daughter... 415 00:27:51,945 --> 00:27:54,073 and everyone else who loves her. 416 00:27:54,990 --> 00:27:56,700 Sam, are you okay? 417 00:27:56,825 --> 00:28:00,537 I will do my best to present the facts... 418 00:28:00,621 --> 00:28:03,207 as I know them, as will Mr. Waters. 419 00:28:03,499 --> 00:28:05,626 And it will be up to you... 420 00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:10,047 - to determine-- - Sam? 421 00:28:10,881 --> 00:28:12,341 The truth. 422 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,047 - Thank you. - Are you all right? 423 00:28:18,122 --> 00:28:19,783 Sam, I don't like the way you look here. 424 00:28:19,827 --> 00:28:22,580 - Are you all right? - What's goin' on? 425 00:28:22,851 --> 00:28:25,270 I'm all right. I just need a moment. 426 00:28:25,395 --> 00:28:29,525 Sam, there's a problem in the waiting room. Tell them you need a break. 427 00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:35,072 Your Honor, if I could just have a moment, please? 428 00:28:35,197 --> 00:28:37,491 The court will take a 20-minute recess... 429 00:28:37,616 --> 00:28:40,410 before we bring in the prosecution's first witness. 430 00:28:41,703 --> 00:28:45,749 I had found Stanton's nitro pills in his briefcase and taken them. 431 00:28:46,250 --> 00:28:48,293 They had made the pain in my chest subside enough 432 00:28:48,418 --> 00:28:50,629 to make it through the first day of witnesses. 433 00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:53,507 I listened as Denton presented... 434 00:28:53,632 --> 00:28:56,510 a variety of experts and a ton of evidence-- 435 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:01,974 the knife that killed Leta with Abigail's fingerprints on it, as well as Leta's. 436 00:29:02,266 --> 00:29:06,728 Bo and his recount of finding Abigail standing over Leta's body, 437 00:29:06,854 --> 00:29:09,648 adding his memories of Violet and Bart. 438 00:29:10,065 --> 00:29:14,069 And now, I had to face the one other person whose future depended on me. 439 00:29:23,287 --> 00:29:25,080 Sammy Jo? 440 00:29:28,876 --> 00:29:30,836 Sammy Jo, you all right? 441 00:29:31,879 --> 00:29:35,257 - Brigadoon. - What? 442 00:29:35,799 --> 00:29:37,968 I was just rememberin'. 443 00:29:38,677 --> 00:29:42,598 See, when I read a book, the pages, 444 00:29:43,056 --> 00:29:45,976 they stay like pictures in my mind. 445 00:29:46,435 --> 00:29:49,313 Whenever I want to, I can just go back... 446 00:29:49,438 --> 00:29:51,523 and remember it all over again. 447 00:29:52,691 --> 00:29:54,693 You've got a photographic memory. 448 00:29:56,361 --> 00:29:58,197 Sometimes. 449 00:30:00,490 --> 00:30:02,826 I've got a photographic memory. 450 00:30:02,951 --> 00:30:05,495 - You do? - Mm-hmm. 451 00:30:07,623 --> 00:30:11,418 Brigadoon. Brigadoon. That was one of my favorite stories too. 452 00:30:11,501 --> 00:30:12,794 Mine too. 453 00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:17,299 My grandmama said she likes it when the old reverend asked God for a miracle. 454 00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:21,595 And he makes Brigadoon disappear for a hundred years. 455 00:30:21,803 --> 00:30:23,430 What's your favorite part? 456 00:30:25,182 --> 00:30:28,894 I like when Tommy calls the whole village back through time... 457 00:30:28,977 --> 00:30:32,397 because he loves Fiona so much that he can't live without her. 458 00:30:34,149 --> 00:30:36,652 Do you believe in miracles, Mr. Stanton? 459 00:30:37,110 --> 00:30:38,570 Miracles? 460 00:30:39,655 --> 00:30:43,909 Someone, if they really loved somebody, 461 00:30:44,660 --> 00:30:49,498 could go back in time and be part of their lives? 462 00:30:50,707 --> 00:30:54,002 Well, if that's a miracle, then yes, I believe in miracles. 463 00:30:54,127 --> 00:30:57,422 - I wanna go back in time someday. - You do? 464 00:30:58,423 --> 00:31:01,718 I wanna meet my daddy. I wanna tell him-- 465 00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:05,847 - Tell him what? - It doesn't matter. 466 00:31:05,973 --> 00:31:09,643 Sure it does. It-It matters. 467 00:31:10,644 --> 00:31:12,646 Just that I love him. 468 00:31:14,856 --> 00:31:18,402 But he knows. My grandmama Fuller says so, 469 00:31:18,485 --> 00:31:20,404 and she knows everything. 470 00:31:21,655 --> 00:31:24,157 - Laura? - What's the matter? 471 00:31:26,868 --> 00:31:28,620 Sammy Jo Fuller, 472 00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:31,957 I love you, 473 00:31:33,834 --> 00:31:36,295 and I want you to know that everything's gonna be okay. 474 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,305 Where are you goin'? 475 00:31:46,596 --> 00:31:52,394 I'm gonna go tell your grandmama that it's okay to remember. 476 00:32:07,075 --> 00:32:08,618 - Sam. - Al. 477 00:32:08,744 --> 00:32:10,495 Wait a minute. You gotta take it easy for a while. 478 00:32:10,620 --> 00:32:12,539 - What are you talking about? - I'm talking about-- 479 00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:14,875 Do you remember today in court when you were upset? 480 00:32:14,935 --> 00:32:15,853 Yeah. 481 00:32:15,909 --> 00:32:18,821 Well, Stanton had a mild seizure in the waiting room at the same time. 482 00:32:18,962 --> 00:32:22,507 You seem to have a mental and physical connection with him on this leap. 483 00:32:22,591 --> 00:32:24,676 - I don't know why. - Okay, but I feel fine right now. 484 00:32:24,801 --> 00:32:26,636 If you wanna have a massive coronary, that's okay. 485 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,138 But Ziggy says if not, 486 00:32:28,263 --> 00:32:30,515 you gotta take it easy and keep Stanton's medicine next to you. 487 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,435 My advice is maybe you should just take it easy for a while. 488 00:32:33,518 --> 00:32:36,229 The only way I can find out the truth is to talk to Laura. Okay? 489 00:32:36,355 --> 00:32:38,148 I gotta talk to her. 490 00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:45,614 Hello, Laura. You don't know me. 491 00:32:45,739 --> 00:32:50,369 My name is Larry Stanton, and I'm here to help your daughter. 492 00:32:51,828 --> 00:32:53,246 Abigail? 493 00:32:53,455 --> 00:32:54,873 Yes. 494 00:32:55,832 --> 00:32:57,876 Is Abigail in trouble? 495 00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:00,587 Yes, she is. 496 00:33:01,213 --> 00:33:04,883 Well, that's why she hasn't been to see me in a long time. 497 00:33:04,966 --> 00:33:07,135 She's in very bad trouble, 498 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:12,891 and she needs for you to remember something from the past. 499 00:33:13,016 --> 00:33:16,353 No. I don't have to remember. 500 00:33:16,603 --> 00:33:18,939 It's just a bad dream. 501 00:33:19,648 --> 00:33:22,484 When I wake up, it'll all be gone away. 502 00:33:23,026 --> 00:33:25,112 That's what Mama used to say. 503 00:33:25,237 --> 00:33:28,782 Uh, Sam, no. She's not firing on all six cylinders. 504 00:33:28,865 --> 00:33:31,910 - She's all I've got. - I know, but if she testifies, 505 00:33:32,035 --> 00:33:34,746 Denton Waters will have her declared non compos mentis. 506 00:33:34,871 --> 00:33:37,582 All I need her to remember is what happened the night Violet disappeared. 507 00:33:37,707 --> 00:33:39,501 - That's it, Al. - I know. 508 00:33:39,626 --> 00:33:42,754 But if they think she's crazy, then they'll disqualify her testimony. 509 00:33:42,838 --> 00:33:45,006 I remember you. 510 00:33:48,885 --> 00:33:51,096 You were here... 511 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,809 a very long time ago. 512 00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:58,228 You were gonna marry my Abigail. 513 00:33:58,353 --> 00:34:02,107 But you didn't. You went away. Well, you broke her heart, you know. 514 00:34:02,232 --> 00:34:05,152 I think you've mistaken me for someone else. 515 00:34:05,402 --> 00:34:06,862 No. 516 00:34:07,237 --> 00:34:11,450 I've been waiting for you for a very long time. 517 00:34:11,658 --> 00:34:13,618 Very long time. 518 00:34:14,035 --> 00:34:16,538 Clayton said that you'd come. 519 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:21,209 And then, I'd have to tell about Violet. 520 00:34:21,418 --> 00:34:25,464 - Bingo! - Clayton-- He knew that. 521 00:34:37,934 --> 00:34:41,229 She wanted that locket so much. 522 00:34:42,147 --> 00:34:44,608 So very, very much. 523 00:34:46,526 --> 00:34:48,820 Clayton wouldn't let her have it, 524 00:34:49,529 --> 00:34:51,239 but I kept it. 525 00:34:52,115 --> 00:34:55,410 I kept it and all of its secrets. 526 00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:07,464 Oh, God. 527 00:35:18,308 --> 00:35:21,102 Laura came to court that morning with the support of her doctor, 528 00:35:21,186 --> 00:35:24,898 who said her confinement had been self-inflicted for years. 529 00:35:24,981 --> 00:35:27,442 She said Clayton had forbidden her to tell her story. 530 00:35:27,567 --> 00:35:30,987 But today, after 25 years, she told. 531 00:35:31,279 --> 00:35:34,157 I was trying to buy candles... 532 00:35:35,158 --> 00:35:36,952 'fore the storm, 533 00:35:37,994 --> 00:35:40,205 but the general store was closed. 534 00:35:40,330 --> 00:35:45,418 Everybody had gone home to lash their windows and cellars. 535 00:35:46,253 --> 00:35:51,174 Then I saw Violet walking across the town square. 536 00:35:51,299 --> 00:35:54,803 She was upset. She was angry and crying, 537 00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:57,764 and there was blood on her face... 538 00:35:57,889 --> 00:36:00,183 and on her little white sweater. 539 00:36:00,475 --> 00:36:02,894 I ran to her to see if she was all right. 540 00:36:02,978 --> 00:36:08,108 But before I could say much, she started screaming at me about Abigail. 541 00:36:08,233 --> 00:36:13,321 She said Abigail was mean and crazy and that she had hit her. 542 00:36:14,155 --> 00:36:16,366 I tried to calm her-- 543 00:36:18,660 --> 00:36:20,620 calm her down, 544 00:36:22,205 --> 00:36:26,126 but she said she was gonna go tell her mama. 545 00:36:26,251 --> 00:36:29,296 Violet was glad that Abigail had hit her... 546 00:36:29,379 --> 00:36:32,799 because now everybody would know that Abigail was crazy... 547 00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:35,218 and they would lock her away forever. 548 00:36:35,343 --> 00:36:39,306 I pleaded with her, but she ran away. 549 00:36:39,973 --> 00:36:45,020 I ran after her and I-I grabbed her. 550 00:36:45,145 --> 00:36:47,689 I was trying to talk to her. 551 00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:52,652 She was in a rage, and she tore herself from my hands. 552 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:54,613 She fell away from me, 553 00:36:54,696 --> 00:36:59,075 and she fell through the old planks that covered the well. 554 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,078 I reached out for her, 555 00:37:03,204 --> 00:37:08,251 but I only caught the little gold locket that was around her neck. 556 00:37:08,376 --> 00:37:11,963 It broke. The chain snapped. 557 00:37:14,007 --> 00:37:16,217 Violet was gone. 558 00:37:17,886 --> 00:37:19,804 She's gone. 559 00:37:20,555 --> 00:37:24,809 You expect the court to believe that Violet's death was an accident? 560 00:37:24,934 --> 00:37:27,270 And that Bart Aider had a heart attack. 561 00:37:27,395 --> 00:37:29,648 - Mr. Waters? - I object. 562 00:37:29,773 --> 00:37:34,402 Counsel is trying to take a woman who's been institutionalized for 20 years... 563 00:37:34,527 --> 00:37:37,155 and get her to take the responsibility for all of 'em. 564 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,616 And Leta-- Did you kill Leta Aider too? 565 00:37:39,741 --> 00:37:43,912 Mr. Waters, you will have a chance to cross-examine the witness. 566 00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:48,500 Laura, did you kill Leta Aider? 567 00:37:49,084 --> 00:37:50,752 No. 568 00:37:51,419 --> 00:37:54,047 Order in this court! One more such eruption, 569 00:37:54,130 --> 00:37:56,800 and I will have this courtroom cleared. 570 00:37:57,050 --> 00:38:00,595 Mr. Stanton, just where is this line of questioning leading? 571 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:04,099 I wanna prove to the court that Abigail Fuller... 572 00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:07,268 was innocent of the history that this town has branded her with 573 00:38:07,394 --> 00:38:09,514 for the past 25 years, Your Honor. 574 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:11,064 And-- 575 00:38:13,149 --> 00:38:15,151 Now, I would like to... 576 00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:19,948 show the court why... 577 00:38:20,615 --> 00:38:23,868 she didn't kill Leta Aider. 578 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,498 Sam, uh-- Yeah, take one of your pills. 579 00:38:32,293 --> 00:38:35,296 Counselor, are you all right? 580 00:38:43,805 --> 00:38:46,349 - I'm gonna put her on the stand. - What for? 581 00:38:46,433 --> 00:38:50,270 Your Honor, I would like to call Abigail... Fuller to the stand. 582 00:38:50,812 --> 00:38:53,857 But Mr. Waters hasn't had a chance to cross-examine this witness. 583 00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:56,568 He may not have to, Your Honor, if you let me bring her on the stand. 584 00:38:56,651 --> 00:38:58,528 I don't wanna cross-examine her. 585 00:38:58,653 --> 00:39:01,072 I want her testimony stricken from the record... 586 00:39:01,197 --> 00:39:03,575 and declared non compos mentis! 587 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:05,952 I know who killed Leta Aider, Your Honor. 588 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:07,996 - You do? - Objection! 589 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,915 Please, Your Honor. I won't be wasting the court's time. 590 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,794 - Let me put Abigail Fuller on the stand. - Overruled. 591 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:16,713 Counselor, call your witness. 592 00:39:16,838 --> 00:39:18,798 The defense calls... 593 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:21,551 Abigail Fuller. 594 00:39:21,634 --> 00:39:26,014 Ms. Fuller, you may step down. Bailiff will show you where to sit. 595 00:39:30,810 --> 00:39:32,604 Just tell the truth. 596 00:39:35,064 --> 00:39:38,109 - Do you-- state your name-- - Sam, do you know what you're doing? 597 00:39:38,234 --> 00:39:40,320 Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, 598 00:39:40,445 --> 00:39:42,238 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 599 00:39:42,322 --> 00:39:43,948 I do. 600 00:39:48,661 --> 00:39:51,498 Miss Fuller, would you be kind enough to tell to the court... 601 00:39:51,623 --> 00:39:55,627 the events that transpired the afternoon of May the 15th... 602 00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:57,587 when you returned home? 603 00:39:57,712 --> 00:40:01,508 I came home at about 3:15. I had just been to the grocery store. 604 00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:06,095 My arms were full, so I entered the house and went straight back to the kitchen. 605 00:40:06,221 --> 00:40:07,972 And what did you see in the kitchen? 606 00:40:08,306 --> 00:40:11,893 It was torn up. There were broken dishes... 607 00:40:12,018 --> 00:40:16,105 and food thrown on the walls like someone had a tantrum. 608 00:40:16,606 --> 00:40:18,233 And what else did you see? 609 00:40:18,942 --> 00:40:20,652 Blood. 610 00:40:21,486 --> 00:40:26,658 There was a... large pool of blood. 611 00:40:27,075 --> 00:40:30,370 - Whose blood? - Leta Aider's. 612 00:40:30,912 --> 00:40:32,664 I didn't see her body at first. 613 00:40:32,789 --> 00:40:35,166 Then I walked around the table, and she was there. 614 00:40:35,250 --> 00:40:37,418 And where was the knife, Abigail? 615 00:40:37,544 --> 00:40:40,588 Do you remember where the knife was in relationship to the body? 616 00:40:40,713 --> 00:40:42,841 Right near Leta, I guess. 617 00:40:42,966 --> 00:40:46,344 Um, a few inches away from the body. 618 00:40:46,803 --> 00:40:49,013 And, uh, then what happened? 619 00:40:50,014 --> 00:40:52,892 I was afraid to move. 620 00:40:55,770 --> 00:40:58,982 I wanted to cry out for help, but I couldn't. 621 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:02,110 So you didn't call the police, 622 00:41:02,569 --> 00:41:07,323 you didn't call the doctors, or-- 623 00:41:07,448 --> 00:41:10,326 When I looked up, Bo was standing at the backdoor. 624 00:41:10,451 --> 00:41:13,872 Bo was at the backdoor because somebody had called him? 625 00:41:13,997 --> 00:41:16,457 He said someone said they heard a 626 00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:19,586 woman screaming from my house and called it in. 627 00:41:22,881 --> 00:41:25,800 - What are these? - Bills. 628 00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:28,720 Sam, do you know where you're going with this? 629 00:41:28,845 --> 00:41:32,223 - Counsel is wasting the court's time. - Please, Your Honor. 630 00:41:33,099 --> 00:41:34,851 Mr. Waters. 631 00:41:35,602 --> 00:41:39,606 I'd like you to open your phone bill from May... 632 00:41:39,731 --> 00:41:42,400 and see if you recognize any of the phone numbers... 633 00:41:42,483 --> 00:41:45,236 that were dialed on the afternoon of the 15th. 634 00:41:49,908 --> 00:41:53,286 Oakdell-65234. That's the sheriff's office. 635 00:41:53,411 --> 00:41:55,371 And what time was that call made? 636 00:41:57,248 --> 00:42:00,418 2:53. A full 22 minutes before you got home. 637 00:42:00,501 --> 00:42:02,086 Objection! 638 00:42:02,170 --> 00:42:04,756 You have no proof that she wasn't there earlier. 639 00:42:04,839 --> 00:42:09,427 I have a store full of people and the time it takes to get from there to her home. 640 00:42:09,510 --> 00:42:12,013 Objection overruled. 641 00:42:12,472 --> 00:42:15,266 On May 15, 1978, 642 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,937 as Mr. Waters told us yesterday, 643 00:42:19,062 --> 00:42:22,148 the day that he explained to Mrs. Aider... 644 00:42:22,357 --> 00:42:26,110 that based on Louisiana statutes for the protection of minors, 645 00:42:26,235 --> 00:42:29,322 she had no case against Abigail Fuller. 646 00:42:29,906 --> 00:42:33,493 Even though they had found the bones of her daughter, Violet, 647 00:42:33,576 --> 00:42:36,788 at the bottom of a well, she had no case. 648 00:42:36,913 --> 00:42:38,623 Can you imagine how she felt? 649 00:42:38,748 --> 00:42:42,794 After 25 years of waiting and hoping... 650 00:42:42,877 --> 00:42:47,548 and praying for some shred of proof to turn up... 651 00:42:47,674 --> 00:42:50,259 that could verify what she had believed all along, 652 00:42:50,385 --> 00:42:55,181 it finally turns up, and she is told that it doesn't matter. 653 00:42:57,183 --> 00:42:59,477 I believe that at that point, 654 00:43:00,478 --> 00:43:02,772 Leta Aider became incensed. 655 00:43:03,564 --> 00:43:08,069 And full of rage, she came to Abigail's house to confront her. 656 00:43:08,194 --> 00:43:10,154 But Abigail was not there. 657 00:43:10,780 --> 00:43:15,785 And her rage and her frustration grew. 658 00:43:16,285 --> 00:43:21,624 She tore apart Abigail's kitchen looking for some measure of revenge... 659 00:43:21,749 --> 00:43:26,337 to fill all the years of hatred that had consumed her. 660 00:43:27,130 --> 00:43:30,383 And finally, feeling she had no other recourse... 661 00:43:30,508 --> 00:43:33,761 and from some dark and horrible place in her mind, 662 00:43:34,095 --> 00:43:36,848 she picked up Abigail's kitchen knife, 663 00:43:37,932 --> 00:43:41,477 a knife that she knew would have Abigail's fingerprints on it, 664 00:43:41,811 --> 00:43:45,565 Just like... Laura's mother. 665 00:43:45,815 --> 00:43:48,067 And she slit her own throat. 666 00:43:48,651 --> 00:43:49,819 Objection! 667 00:43:49,902 --> 00:43:52,030 - This is unadulterated conjecture! - Order in this court! 668 00:43:52,155 --> 00:43:55,533 - Bailiff, clear this courtroom! - This is conjecture! 669 00:43:55,616 --> 00:43:59,203 - This witness-- - I want order, and I want it now! 670 00:43:59,328 --> 00:44:02,206 Abigail Fuller murdered Leta Aider! 671 00:44:02,415 --> 00:44:04,792 No! 672 00:44:05,001 --> 00:44:07,962 I remember! I remember! 673 00:44:08,087 --> 00:44:11,841 - Oh, Sammy Jo! - I saw her! 674 00:44:11,966 --> 00:44:16,471 I saw her in the kitchen! I saw her when she-- 675 00:44:19,557 --> 00:44:23,102 I was hiding because I heard all the dishes breakin'. 676 00:44:25,146 --> 00:44:28,524 And then I came down the stairs because it got quiet. 677 00:44:35,656 --> 00:44:38,242 I saw her through the crack in the door. 678 00:44:38,367 --> 00:44:40,745 She was walking back and forth. 679 00:44:43,790 --> 00:44:48,669 And then she stopped, and she picked up the kitchen knife. 680 00:44:55,093 --> 00:44:57,720 I object! This is preposterous! 681 00:44:57,845 --> 00:45:00,848 I saw her! I saw her do it! 682 00:45:00,973 --> 00:45:03,101 Sam, you changed history. 683 00:45:03,601 --> 00:45:06,104 That was just great. You okay? 684 00:45:06,229 --> 00:45:07,855 Yeah. 685 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,737 - They gonna be all right, Al? - Yeah. 686 00:45:14,862 --> 00:45:19,117 Well, Ziggy says that since Sammy Jo is carrying your genes... 687 00:45:19,242 --> 00:45:22,120 and now that you cleared Abigail, the curse is broken. 688 00:45:22,370 --> 00:45:25,331 Um, Abigail gets married in two years... 689 00:45:25,456 --> 00:45:27,792 to a wonderful guy, and they move to Chicago. 690 00:45:27,917 --> 00:45:30,628 And she's happy, Sam. She's really happy. 691 00:45:32,296 --> 00:45:34,006 How do you know all this? 692 00:45:35,091 --> 00:45:36,926 Sammy Jo told me. 693 00:45:37,635 --> 00:45:39,220 Sammy Jo? 694 00:45:39,345 --> 00:45:42,807 Sammy Jo is working with us on Project Quantum Leap, Sam. 695 00:45:42,890 --> 00:45:44,308 - What? - Yes. 696 00:45:44,392 --> 00:45:47,728 As a matter of fact, she has a theory on how to bring you back home. 697 00:45:49,147 --> 00:45:51,899 Does she know I'm her father? 698 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:55,945 No. 699 00:45:56,154 --> 00:46:00,950 And Ziggy says that after this leap, you won't know either. 700 00:46:01,033 --> 00:46:02,618 I'll know, Al. 701 00:46:05,496 --> 00:46:07,290 I'll always know. 702 00:46:21,304 --> 00:46:22,972 You, uh-- 703 00:46:25,099 --> 00:46:27,268 You take care of yourself, okay? 704 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,564 I won't forget you. 705 00:46:45,203 --> 00:46:46,537 You heard me! 706 00:46:46,621 --> 00:46:48,206 Hands up! 707 00:46:49,415 --> 00:46:51,042 Everyone, stay calm. 708 00:46:51,125 --> 00:46:53,419 We'll get this over with and be on our way. 709 00:46:54,962 --> 00:46:57,215 Keep me covered while I shut the blinds. 710 00:47:00,384 --> 00:47:03,137 Don't fall apart on me now, little brother. 711 00:47:09,185 --> 00:47:10,937 Oh, boy.