1 00:00:02,503 --> 00:00:04,205 [BELL TOLLING] 2 00:00:08,809 --> 00:00:11,645 MY NAME IS MELINDA GORDON. 3 00:00:12,913 --> 00:00:14,248 I JUST GOT MARRIED, 4 00:00:14,248 --> 00:00:17,451 JUST MOVED TO A SMALL TOWN, JUST OPENED UP AN ANTIQUE SHOP. 5 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:20,321 I MIGHT BE JUST LIKE YOU. 6 00:00:20,321 --> 00:00:22,323 EXCEPT FROM THE TIME THAT I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, 7 00:00:22,323 --> 00:00:24,292 I KNEW THAT I COULD TALK TO THE DEAD. 8 00:00:25,459 --> 00:00:26,827 Grandmother: IT'S ALL RIGHT, HONEY. 9 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:29,297 EARTHBOUND SPIRITS, MY GRANDMOTHER CALLED THEM, 10 00:00:29,297 --> 00:00:31,632 THE ONES WHO HAVE NOT CROSSED OVER 11 00:00:31,632 --> 00:00:33,934 BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH THE LIVING, 12 00:00:33,934 --> 00:00:36,170 AND THEY COME TO ME FOR HELP. 13 00:00:36,170 --> 00:00:39,507 TO TELL YOU MY STORY, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THEIRS. 14 00:00:39,507 --> 00:00:40,441 [GASPS] 15 00:00:43,411 --> 00:00:47,581 SO TODAY, 25 YEARS AFTER JUDGE WALTER MERRICK 16 00:00:47,581 --> 00:00:48,816 TOOK HIS OATH OF OFFICE, 17 00:00:48,816 --> 00:00:51,985 WE ARE HERE TO DEDICATE THIS COURTHOUSE IN HIS NAME. 18 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:55,656 THESE QUALITIES HAVE EARNED HIM THE DEEP RESPECT 19 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:57,125 WHICH HE SO RICHLY DESERVES. 20 00:00:57,125 --> 00:00:58,492 FOR JUDGE MERRICK... 21 00:00:58,492 --> 00:01:00,628 SO HOW COME I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS GUY? 22 00:01:00,628 --> 00:01:03,597 MAYBE YOU NEED TO BE ON TRIAL MORE OFTEN. 23 00:01:03,597 --> 00:01:05,533 YOU'RE HILARIOUS YEAH. 24 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:09,537 FAIR, IMPARTIAL, AND OPEN-MINDED, 25 00:01:09,537 --> 00:01:11,472 A MAN OF LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE-- 26 00:01:11,472 --> 00:01:14,975 [VOICE DISTORTING] 27 00:01:14,975 --> 00:01:17,511 I'VE SEEN HIS NAME IN THE PAPER A FEW TIMES. 28 00:01:17,511 --> 00:01:19,213 HE GIVES LOTS OF MONEY TO LOCAL CHARITIES. 29 00:01:19,213 --> 00:01:21,482 AND NOW I'D LIKE ALL OF YOU TO STAND WITH ME... 30 00:01:21,482 --> 00:01:23,651 [DISTORTED VOICE ROARS] ON THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION... 31 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,422 AS WE HONOR THIS GREAT MAN. 32 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:30,224 [BAND PLAYING "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"] 33 00:01:37,598 --> 00:01:40,234 MAYBE HE SHOULD GIVE SOME MONEY FOR SOME NEW COLOR GUARD UNIFORMS. 34 00:01:40,234 --> 00:01:43,337 [DISTORTED VOICE] 35 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:02,690 MELINDA! 36 00:02:05,993 --> 00:02:06,927 STOP! 37 00:02:28,749 --> 00:02:29,850 [BREATHING HEAVILY] 38 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:32,085 [EVIL LAUGH] 39 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:16,330 [THUNDER] 40 00:03:16,330 --> 00:03:17,998 HE'S LUCKY YOU GOT THERE IN TIME. 41 00:03:17,998 --> 00:03:20,268 HE'S LUCKY HE'S ALIVE. 42 00:03:20,268 --> 00:03:22,135 I FIGURED THIS FOR A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE, 43 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:24,872 BUT NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THE TEST? 44 00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:26,474 NOTHING WILL. 45 00:03:28,776 --> 00:03:29,843 WHAT DID YOU SEE? 46 00:03:29,843 --> 00:03:33,981 A MAN, MAYBE 40, AND ANGRY. 47 00:03:33,981 --> 00:03:35,516 VERY ANGRY. 48 00:03:35,516 --> 00:03:36,617 IT'S LIKE HE WAS TRYING 49 00:03:36,617 --> 00:03:38,286 TO SUCK THE LIFE RIGHT OUT OF THE JUDGE. 50 00:03:38,286 --> 00:03:39,753 WELL, HE ALMOST SUCCEEDED. 51 00:03:41,355 --> 00:03:44,258 YEAH, THINGS ARE DEFINITELY CHANGING OUT THERE. 52 00:03:44,258 --> 00:03:46,627 I HEARD THAT. 53 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:49,397 WHAT DID YOU FEEL? 54 00:03:49,397 --> 00:03:52,800 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE I WAS BEING SMOTHERED, 55 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,134 OR CHOKING. 56 00:03:54,134 --> 00:03:55,936 I DON'T KNOW. IT'S LIKE THERE'S MORE AND MORE 57 00:03:55,936 --> 00:03:57,204 SPIRITS OUT THERE THAT ARE DANGEROUS, 58 00:03:57,204 --> 00:04:00,341 AND THEY HAVE EVEN MORE POWER TO HURT PEOPLE. 59 00:04:00,341 --> 00:04:01,609 MAYBE EVEN KILL THEM. 60 00:04:04,478 --> 00:04:06,647 MAYBE THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. 61 00:04:06,647 --> 00:04:07,881 MAYBE YOU'RE JUST SEEING MORE NOW. 62 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:10,083 I DON'T THINK SO. 63 00:04:23,531 --> 00:04:24,665 MAKE SURE THE CREW TAKES CARE OF... 64 00:04:24,665 --> 00:04:26,199 HEY, MR. SLADE. 65 00:04:27,835 --> 00:04:29,202 HEY! 66 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:30,771 Man: I WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF! 67 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:34,207 FOR 18 YEARS, I WORKED HERE. WHAT DID I GET FOR IT ?! NOTHIN'! 68 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:37,845 NO RESPECT! LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, FOOL! 69 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:41,982 HEY! I GREW UP IN THIS TOWN. I HAD A FUTURE. 70 00:04:41,982 --> 00:04:45,553 I GOT A FAMILY. I GOT A SON. 71 00:04:45,553 --> 00:04:47,621 YOU DON'T THINK I WANT TO BE WITH MY FAMILY? 72 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:49,623 AND HE TOOK IT ALL AWAY FROM ME! 73 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:53,661 YOU DON'T DESERVE THIS, JUDGE MERRICK! 74 00:04:53,661 --> 00:04:55,295 AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE THIS DEDICATION TO YOUR GOOD NAME! 75 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:58,031 NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! 76 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:02,135 SO WHY WAS HE AT THE HARDWARE STORE? 77 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:03,136 MIKE'S REMODELING. 78 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,538 SOMETIMES IT CAN STIR THINGS UP. 79 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:05,573 OH. 80 00:05:05,573 --> 00:05:06,740 REMEMBER HOW I WAS THINKING 81 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,342 WE SHOULD PUT SOME NEW SHELVES IN THE BACK? 82 00:05:08,342 --> 00:05:09,377 MM-HMM. LET'S NOT. 83 00:05:09,377 --> 00:05:11,545 Man: LISTEN TO ME! 84 00:05:11,545 --> 00:05:13,914 I LOST EVERYTHING! WHERE'S MY JUSTICE? 85 00:05:13,914 --> 00:05:15,015 WHERE'S MY JUSTICE, HUH?! 86 00:05:15,015 --> 00:05:16,216 WHERE'S MY JUSTICE FOR ME?! 87 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:18,085 I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 88 00:05:18,085 --> 00:05:19,920 OH. UM... 89 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:25,859 WIND--WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? 90 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:30,931 YOU TWO! 91 00:05:30,931 --> 00:05:33,901 YOU TWO! YOU THINK YOU'RE FRIENDS?! 92 00:05:35,469 --> 00:05:37,237 THAT WAS A NICE TRIP. 93 00:05:37,237 --> 00:05:38,472 YOU'D GET JUSTICE, WOULDN'T YA? 94 00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:40,140 YOU KNOW WHY? 'CAUSE YOU'RE WHITE! 95 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,975 AND YOU, YOU WOULDN'T GET NOTHING! 96 00:05:41,975 --> 00:05:43,377 NO JUSTICE FOR YOU, BOY! 97 00:05:43,377 --> 00:05:44,778 NO JUSTICE FOR YOU! 98 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:46,113 JUSTICE FOR WHAT? 99 00:05:46,113 --> 00:05:47,314 EXCUSE ME? 100 00:05:49,383 --> 00:05:51,752 I CAN HELP YOU. 101 00:05:51,752 --> 00:05:53,721 WAIT. WAIT, DON'T GO. 102 00:05:56,156 --> 00:05:57,691 TOO LATE TO HELP! 103 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:04,765 FOR MY HARDWARE STORE TO COMPETE 104 00:06:04,765 --> 00:06:05,999 WITH THE BIG CHAINS OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, 105 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:07,835 I'VE GOT TO UPDATE THE STORE, YOU KNOW? 106 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:08,836 GIVE IT A LITTLE POLISH. 107 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:10,237 YOUR TABLE'S READY. 108 00:06:10,237 --> 00:06:11,338 SELL SOME HARD-TO-FIND ITEMS. 109 00:06:11,338 --> 00:06:13,841 UH, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL SERVICE... 110 00:06:13,841 --> 00:06:15,142 THE WHOLE DEAL. 111 00:06:15,142 --> 00:06:17,344 SO HOW'S THE CONSTRUCTION GOING? ANY PROBLEMS? 112 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:19,279 [THUNDER] 113 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,114 SURE. EVERYTHING COSTS TWICE AS MUCH 114 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:22,916 AS MY CONTRACTOR SAID IT WOULD BE. 115 00:06:22,916 --> 00:06:24,384 THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I MEANT. 116 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:28,088 I MEANT, UH, NOISES, THINGS BEING MOVED, COLD DRAFTS. 117 00:06:28,088 --> 00:06:29,457 THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT? 118 00:06:29,457 --> 00:06:30,624 DID ANYONE DIE THERE? 119 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:32,526 YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? 120 00:06:32,526 --> 00:06:34,862 NO, NOT REALLY. I'M JUST TRYING TO LEARN 121 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:36,897 EVERYTHING I CAN ABOUT THE TOWN, GOOD AND BAD. 122 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:38,799 YEAH, IT WAS BACK WHEN MY DAD HAD THE STORE. 123 00:06:38,799 --> 00:06:41,368 1974 OR '75. 124 00:06:41,368 --> 00:06:43,236 YEAH, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES GOT KILLED. 125 00:06:43,236 --> 00:06:44,371 IN THE STORE? 126 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:46,940 NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 127 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:49,443 WHY? YOU THINK I MIGHT HAVE GHOSTS OR SOMETHING? 128 00:06:49,443 --> 00:06:51,945 [BOTH LAUGH] 129 00:06:51,945 --> 00:06:55,716 NO. UM, I JUST HAVE A VERY MORBID CURIOSITY. 130 00:06:55,716 --> 00:06:58,018 [THUNDER] 131 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:08,061 [THUNDER] 132 00:07:08,061 --> 00:07:09,563 YOU EVER NOTICE HOW PEOPLE 133 00:07:09,563 --> 00:07:11,499 WILL SHOP LIKE CRAZY IN THE POURING RAIN, 134 00:07:11,499 --> 00:07:14,001 BUT ONE CLAP OF THUNDER AND THEY SCURRY HOME LIKE ROACHES? 135 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:15,703 HMM. ROACHES. NICE VISUAL. 136 00:07:15,703 --> 00:07:16,704 I LIKED IT. 137 00:07:16,704 --> 00:07:19,006 AND WHERE IS THE RAIN, BY THE WAY? 138 00:07:19,006 --> 00:07:20,474 IT'S BEEN THUNDERING FOR, LIKE, 2 HOURS 139 00:07:20,474 --> 00:07:21,942 AND NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY. 140 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:23,276 HERE, THIS IS HIM. 141 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:26,547 ELY FISHER ATTACKED A WHITE CO-WORKER, LINK HOFSTADTER, 142 00:07:26,547 --> 00:07:28,115 WHEN HE INSULTED HIM. 143 00:07:28,115 --> 00:07:31,218 OOH. MUST HAVE BEEN ONE SERIOUS INSULT. 144 00:07:31,218 --> 00:07:32,452 THEN LINK KILLED HIM, 145 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,522 BUT NO CHARGES WERE EVER FILED. 146 00:07:34,522 --> 00:07:36,323 WHY DOES THAT SOUND BACKWARDS TO ME? 147 00:07:36,323 --> 00:07:38,626 THEY WERE SAYING THERE WAS RUMBLINGS OF RACISM. 148 00:07:38,626 --> 00:07:40,528 [CHUCKLES] YOU THINK? 149 00:07:40,528 --> 00:07:42,295 WHAT? IT WAS ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO. 150 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:44,464 IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT PEOPLE STILL THINK LIKE THAT, 151 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,366 ESPECIALLY HERE. 152 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:49,202 DID I EVER TELL YOU MY VODKA STORY? NO. 153 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:50,604 I WAS IN THIS LIQUOR STORE 154 00:07:50,604 --> 00:07:52,172 LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOTTLE OF WINE, 155 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:54,041 BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD SELECTION. 156 00:07:54,041 --> 00:07:55,909 SO I'M LEAVING, BEHIND THIS PRETTY BLONDE, 157 00:07:55,909 --> 00:07:57,545 AND THE ALARM GOES OFF. 158 00:07:57,545 --> 00:08:00,047 AND THEN THE SECURITY GUARD PRACTICALLY TACKLES ME. 159 00:08:00,047 --> 00:08:02,382 THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE SHOPLIFTING? 160 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:04,484 THE BLONDE HAD PUT A BOTTLE OF VODKA UNDER HER COAT, 161 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:06,319 AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A SENSOR ON IT, 162 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,823 BUT--WELL, I WAS THE ONE THAT THEY SAW. 163 00:08:12,025 --> 00:08:13,727 I DIDN'T THINK STUFF LIKE THAT STILL HAPPENED, 164 00:08:13,727 --> 00:08:14,962 AT LEAST NOT IN THE CITY. 165 00:08:14,962 --> 00:08:16,196 IT WASN'T IN THE CITY. 166 00:08:16,196 --> 00:08:18,065 MELINDA, IT WAS RIGHT HERE IN GRAND VIEW. 167 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:19,967 YOU SEE THINGS I DON'T 168 00:08:19,967 --> 00:08:22,002 AND VICE-VERSA. 169 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:24,237 YEAH, BUT MOST PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN ARE NOT LIKE THAT. 170 00:08:24,237 --> 00:08:26,940 WELL, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM. 171 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:29,276 I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THEM IN 1975. 172 00:08:29,276 --> 00:08:31,011 WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY? 173 00:08:31,011 --> 00:08:33,681 ELY, HE HAD A WIFE AND A YOUNG SON. 174 00:08:33,681 --> 00:08:36,316 OH! WAIT. 175 00:08:36,316 --> 00:08:38,351 WOW. JUDGE MERRICK. 176 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:40,053 YEAH, HE WAS THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. 177 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:43,223 HE WAS ALSO THE ONE WHO DIDN'T FILE CHARGES AGAINST LINK. 178 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:45,325 SO WHY IS ELY SUDDENLY BACK? 179 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:48,361 I DON'T THINK HE'S TOO HAPPY THAT JUDGE MERRICK IS BEING HONORED. 180 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,163 [THUNDER] 181 00:08:50,163 --> 00:08:52,265 ALL RIGHT. I'M READY TO DO THE WHOLE SCURRYING ROACH 182 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:53,366 THING MYSELF RIGHT NOW. 183 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,102 [THUNDER] 184 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,809 SEE YOU TOMORROW. HAVE FUN. 185 00:09:01,809 --> 00:09:03,143 OK, THANKS. BYE. 186 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,916 [DISTORTED VOICES] 187 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:35,943 [THUNDER] 188 00:09:38,612 --> 00:09:40,113 REALLY, GO AHEAD AND EAT. 189 00:09:40,113 --> 00:09:41,114 NO, I'LL WAIT. 190 00:09:41,114 --> 00:09:43,617 LASAGNA. 191 00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:45,385 TASTES BETTER WHEN IT'S REHEATED, ANYWAY. 192 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:46,887 I'LL BE HOME IN AN HOUR. 193 00:09:46,887 --> 00:09:48,889 YOU SOUND A LITTLE FUNNY. WHAT'S GOING ON? 194 00:09:48,889 --> 00:09:50,390 I'LL EXPLAIN LATER. 195 00:09:50,390 --> 00:09:51,625 LOOK, THE WEATHER STINKS. 196 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:53,160 DO YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THIS JUDGE TONIGHT? 197 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,461 YEAH, I THINK I DO. 198 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:55,996 LISTEN, DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY AT THE COURTHOUSE 199 00:09:55,996 --> 00:09:58,365 THAT MIGHT KNOW WHERE THE FISHERS MOVED AFTER ELY DIED? 200 00:09:58,365 --> 00:09:59,667 WELL, THAT DEPENDS. 201 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:01,034 ON WHAT? 202 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:03,570 ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU REALLY COME HOME IN AN HOUR. 203 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:05,372 [LAUGHS] 204 00:10:05,372 --> 00:10:07,240 9:02. SET YOUR WATCH. 205 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:09,910 CHECK. 206 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:11,244 DRIVE SAFE, BABE. 207 00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:13,346 BYE. 208 00:10:18,819 --> 00:10:21,121 [THUNDER] 209 00:10:23,523 --> 00:10:25,492 [DISTORTED VOICES] 210 00:10:29,296 --> 00:10:31,131 [BEEPING] 211 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:57,124 STOP IT! 212 00:11:07,835 --> 00:11:09,002 [THUNDER] 213 00:11:19,246 --> 00:11:20,247 THANK YOU. 214 00:11:20,247 --> 00:11:22,750 I'LL CHECK ON YOU LATER. 215 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:24,885 THE NURSE SAID SOMEONE'S COMING TO REPAIR THE MONITOR. 216 00:11:24,885 --> 00:11:26,954 I CAN STAY UNTIL THEY GET HERE. 217 00:11:26,954 --> 00:11:29,857 2 CLOSE CALLS IN ONE WEEK. 218 00:11:29,857 --> 00:11:31,759 THIS IS GETTING TO BE A HABIT. 219 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:33,193 IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO? 220 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:37,664 I THINK SAVING MY LIFE WAS ENOUGH FOR ONE NIGHT. 221 00:11:38,999 --> 00:11:40,533 YOU WERE AT THE CEREMONY, WEREN'T YOU? 222 00:11:42,803 --> 00:11:45,939 UM, IS THERE ANYONE I CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH FOR YOU? 223 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:49,109 NO. MY WIFE PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO. 224 00:11:49,109 --> 00:11:51,912 I HAVEN'T SEEN MY BROTHER IN YEARS. 225 00:11:51,912 --> 00:11:54,081 NOW, IF I DIE... 226 00:11:54,081 --> 00:11:58,085 I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE A FEW PEOPLE HAPPY TO GET THAT CALL. 227 00:11:58,085 --> 00:11:59,652 PEOPLE YOU SENT TO JAIL? 228 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:01,621 MOST OF THEM ARE STILL IN JAIL. 229 00:12:01,621 --> 00:12:04,224 MY SENTENCES STUCK. 230 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:05,225 I WAS PROUD OF THAT. 231 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:06,794 ELY FISHER? 232 00:12:06,794 --> 00:12:08,728 BEG YOUR PARDON? 233 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:10,931 HE DIED IN 1975. 234 00:12:10,931 --> 00:12:12,732 YOU WERE A PROSECUTOR THEN. 235 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,601 1975? 236 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:17,871 SWEETIE, I CAN BARELY REMEMBER WHAT I HAD FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, 237 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:19,539 MUCH LESS 30 YEARS AGO. 238 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:22,375 OK. THIS IS GONNA SOUND STRANGE, 239 00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:23,911 BUT I THINK YOU MIGHT BE IN DANGER. 240 00:12:23,911 --> 00:12:25,779 PLEASE. 241 00:12:25,779 --> 00:12:29,883 THE ONLY DANGER I FACE IS MY CHOLESTEROL. 242 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:32,352 AND I'M... GETTING A LITTLE TIRED NOW. 243 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:35,022 OF COURSE. 244 00:12:35,022 --> 00:12:36,623 MAYBE I'LL COME BACK ANOTHER TIME. 245 00:12:38,725 --> 00:12:40,193 MR. MERRICK, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? 246 00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:42,830 OH...I'M ALL RIGHT. 247 00:12:42,830 --> 00:12:44,664 YEAH, YEAH. 248 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:07,020 YOUR FATHER WAS ELY FISHER. 249 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:09,689 HE WORKED AT THE HARDWARE STORE IN GRAND VIEW. 250 00:13:09,689 --> 00:13:11,258 WHO WANTS TO KNOW? 251 00:13:11,258 --> 00:13:13,827 Melinda: MY NAME IS MELINDA GORDON. 252 00:13:13,827 --> 00:13:15,662 HOW'D YOU GET THIS NUMBER, LADY? 253 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:16,864 DAD, YOU SAID YOU'D-- JUST HOLD ON! 254 00:13:16,864 --> 00:13:18,231 ONE SECOND, BUDDY. 255 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,133 Melinda: MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR THE COUNTY, 256 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,335 AND HE LOOKED UP SOME COURTHOUSE RECORDS. 257 00:13:22,335 --> 00:13:23,536 COURTHOUSE? 258 00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:25,205 YEAH. I'M DOING SOME RESEARCH, 259 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:26,606 AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DISCUSS IT. 260 00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:27,875 I COULD COME TO MARTINSVILLE. 261 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:29,109 WHAT DO YOU WANT, LADY? 262 00:13:29,109 --> 00:13:31,544 DADDY, COME ON. HUSH, JAMEEL. 263 00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:33,413 Melinda: WALTER MERRICK. DO YOU KNOW HIM? 264 00:13:33,413 --> 00:13:35,815 YEAH, I KNOW MERRICK. 265 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:38,151 HE'S THE MAN WHO KILLED MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS 7. 266 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:40,287 YOUR MOTHER... 267 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:42,389 I'M SORRY. I KNEW THAT YOUR FATHER HAD DIED. 268 00:13:42,389 --> 00:13:44,124 MY FATHER DIDN'T JUST DIE. 269 00:13:44,124 --> 00:13:46,259 MY FATHER WAS MURDERED. 270 00:13:54,935 --> 00:13:56,003 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 271 00:13:56,003 --> 00:13:57,637 I LOSE MY FATHER, MY MOTHER, 272 00:13:57,637 --> 00:14:00,107 AND JUDGE MERRICK GETS A BUILDING NAMED AFTER HIM. 273 00:14:02,475 --> 00:14:04,177 WHAT AM I SAYIN'? 274 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:05,478 OF COURSE I CAN BELIEVE IT. 275 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:07,314 YOU SAID HE KILLED YOUR MOTHER. HOW? 276 00:14:07,314 --> 00:14:11,718 DO I KNOW YOU... OR WHAT YOU WANT? 277 00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:13,020 WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU ANYTHING? 278 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,654 YOU CAME HERE, DIDN'T YOU? 279 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:15,822 I CAME TO VISIT MY AUNT ROSE. 280 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:16,890 WELL, I THINK THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY 281 00:14:16,890 --> 00:14:18,191 THAN WHAT'S IN THE NEWSPAPER. 282 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:21,094 A WHITE MAN KILLED MY FATHER AND GOT AWAY WITH IT. 283 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:22,395 THAT'S THE STORY. 284 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:24,231 COME ON, DAD. LET'S GO. 285 00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:27,167 LOOK, I'M SORRY, OK? I DIDN'T MEAN TO... 286 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:29,436 TO UPSET YOU OR YOUR DAD. 287 00:14:29,436 --> 00:14:31,304 I JUST WANT TO HELP, BOTH OF YOU. 288 00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:33,640 HELP? HOW ARE YOU GONNA HELP HIM? 289 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:38,946 COME HERE. 290 00:14:38,946 --> 00:14:41,348 LOOK, YOU SEE THAT STORE RIGHT THERE? 291 00:14:41,348 --> 00:14:43,516 THAT'S WHERE YOUR GRANDDADDY WORKED. 292 00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:45,185 SEE THAT ALLEY DOWN THERE? 293 00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:46,586 THAT'S WHERE HE DIED. 294 00:14:46,586 --> 00:14:49,889 YOUR GRANDFATHER WORKED IN THAT HARDWARE STORE FOR 18 YEARS. 295 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:53,460 AND THEN MR. SLADE HIRED THAT PUNK LINK HOFSTADTER. 296 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,328 I DON'T NEED TO BE TREATED THIS WAY, NOT BY ANY MAN. 297 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:57,764 ELY. ELY, WAIT. IT'S THE ONLY FAIR WAY. 298 00:14:57,764 --> 00:14:59,132 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MR. SLADE. 299 00:14:59,132 --> 00:15:01,334 I'VE COME TO WORK ON TIME FOR 18 YEARS. 300 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:02,970 NEVER TOOK ONE SICK DAY. 301 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:05,505 AND YOU'RE GONNA START HIM AT A DOLLAR MORE AN HOUR THAN YOU PAY ME? 302 00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:06,539 HOW IS THAT FAIR? 303 00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:07,707 YOU THINK I'D WORK FOR LESS 304 00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:08,976 THAN SOME COLORED MAN? 305 00:15:08,976 --> 00:15:11,644 HIS FATHER, I OWE HIM A FAVOR. 306 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:12,745 OH, YEAH, I KNOW. 307 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,014 EVERYBODY AROUND HERE 308 00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:15,282 OWES THE HOFSTADTERS A FAVOR. 309 00:15:15,282 --> 00:15:16,683 AND THIS ONE CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE 310 00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:18,085 BETWEEN A LAMP SHADE AN A LIGHT SOCKET. 311 00:15:18,085 --> 00:15:19,953 HEY! YOU WATCH YOUR MOUTH, BOY! 312 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:28,795 AND THAT NIGHT... 313 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:31,464 THAT NIGHT, LINK WAITED ON HIM, 314 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:33,733 JUMPED HIM AND KILLED HIM IN COLD BLOOD. 315 00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:35,102 DAD, MY HAND. 316 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,010 LINK SAID THAT IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE. 317 00:15:43,010 --> 00:15:44,477 AND THE NEWSPAPERS, THEY SAID-- 318 00:15:44,477 --> 00:15:46,980 THE HOFSTADTERS OWN THE NEWSPAPERS. 319 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,348 AND THEY OWN HALF THE MORTGAGES 320 00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:50,317 ON THE PROPERTIES IN GRAND VIEW. 321 00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:51,518 BUT THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. 322 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:53,520 I HEARD THERE WAS A WITNESS, 323 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,989 AND THE HOFSTADTERS PAID THEM OFF, WHOEVER THEY WERE. 324 00:15:55,989 --> 00:15:57,524 IS THERE ANY PROOF? 325 00:15:57,524 --> 00:15:59,826 THAT'S JUST WHAT MERRICK SAID, 326 00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:02,762 THE MAN WHOSE NAME IS ON THAT PLAQUE BACK THERE. 327 00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:04,331 GO AWAY! GET LOST! 328 00:16:04,331 --> 00:16:05,398 [DUCKS QUACKING] 329 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:09,902 I WAS ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS JAMEEL. 330 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:11,304 AND MY MOTHER COULDN'T BELIEVE 331 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:13,473 THAT MERRICK WAS NOT GONNA PRESS CHARGES. 332 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:17,544 Randall: MY MOTHER WASN'T GONNA JUST LET IT GO. 333 00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:18,878 SHE WANTED JUSTICE. 334 00:16:18,878 --> 00:16:21,081 BUT JUDGE MERRICK TOLD HER THERE WERE NO WITNESSES 335 00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:23,050 AND THAT IT WAS LINK'S WORD AGAINST HERS. 336 00:16:23,050 --> 00:16:24,517 BUT SHE KNEW. 337 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:26,986 YOUR HUSBAND THREATENED TO KILL LINK. 338 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,122 THERE WAS A WITNESS! 339 00:16:29,122 --> 00:16:31,358 Randall: SHE KNEW MY FATHER WOULD NEVER HURT ANYONE. 340 00:16:31,358 --> 00:16:32,859 IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE. 341 00:16:32,859 --> 00:16:35,228 AT LEAST PUT IT IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY. 342 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:37,464 LET THEM DECIDE. 343 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:38,665 [GASPS] 344 00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:40,567 Randall: MY MOTHER DIED THAT DAY. 345 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:42,835 THEY SAID IT WAS A HEART ATTACK, 346 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,003 AND I GUESS THEY WERE RIGHT, 347 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:45,172 'CAUSE HER HEART BROKE THAT DAY. 348 00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:50,543 THAT'S A HORRIBLE THING FOR A 7-YEAR-OLD TO SEE. 349 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:53,012 DO YOU THINK I WANT YOUR SYMPATHY? 350 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,882 DO YOU KNOW WHAT BECAME OF LINK? 351 00:16:55,882 --> 00:16:58,751 YEAH, I KEPT TRACK OF THAT BASTARD. 352 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:01,388 HE GOT SICK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND DIED... 353 00:17:01,388 --> 00:17:03,256 IN THE COMFORT OF HIS HOME... 354 00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:07,860 SURROUNDED BY HIS WIFE AND KIDS. 355 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:11,398 GET OUT OF HERE! 356 00:17:11,398 --> 00:17:12,799 COME ON! 357 00:17:15,235 --> 00:17:19,239 YOU KNOW WHAT'S WEIRD? ELY NEVER SHOWED HIMSELF TODAY. 358 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:21,274 MAYBE HE'S ALL GONE NOW. 359 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:24,344 THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU: FOREVER AN OPTIMIST. 360 00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:26,113 NO, IT WAS MORE LIKE STANDING ON THAT SQUARE, 361 00:17:26,113 --> 00:17:28,948 YOU COULD SEE ELY'S ANGER ON HIS SON'S FACE. 362 00:17:28,948 --> 00:17:31,184 THEY MAKE THE SAME EXPRESSIONS WHEN THEY'RE MAD... 363 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:33,720 WHICH IS ALL THE TIME. 364 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,722 WELL, THE MAN'S FATHER WAS KILLED, 365 00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:37,290 PROBABLY IN A HATE CRIME. 366 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:39,058 NOTHING WAS DONE. 367 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,861 THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH MAKE ME MAD ALL THE TIME. 368 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,996 I GET IT. I DO. IT'S JUST... 369 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:48,468 SO SAD TO SEE SUCH AN ANGRY LITTLE BOY, 370 00:17:48,468 --> 00:17:50,903 THAT HATRED PASSED ON FROM FATHER TO SON. 371 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:53,806 THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD, MY LOVE. 372 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:56,709 ALWAYS HAS BEEN. 373 00:17:56,709 --> 00:17:58,911 YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF I GET THEM TOGETHER, 374 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:01,448 THE JUDGE COULD TELL RANDALL WHAT HAPPENED 375 00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:04,050 AND BREAK THE CYCLE. RIGHT. 376 00:18:04,050 --> 00:18:05,752 AND THEN YOU COULD GET STARTED 377 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,754 ON THAT PESKY LITTLE GAZA STRIP THING. 378 00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:09,422 I'M SERIOUS. 379 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:12,559 THERE'S A REASON THAT I AM PULLED INTO THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES. 380 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:15,195 I KNOW, I KNOW. 381 00:18:15,195 --> 00:18:18,698 SOME THINGS ARE BEYOND YOUR HELP, ANYBODY'S HELP. 382 00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:20,500 SOME PEOPLE, ALL THEY WANT TO DO 383 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:22,101 IS HOLD ON TO THEIR HATRED. 384 00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:26,273 WELL, I WON'T KNOW UNLESS I TRY. 385 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:30,177 WAIT. YOU MEAN NOW? 386 00:18:30,177 --> 00:18:32,679 YEAH. I CAN'T SLEEP, ANYWAY. 387 00:18:32,679 --> 00:18:34,747 [SIGHS] I'M COMING WITH YOU. 388 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:36,183 NO. YOU MIGHT SCARE HIM OFF. 389 00:18:36,183 --> 00:18:38,418 HE DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A GUY WHO SCARES EASY. 390 00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:41,020 PLEASE? THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. 391 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:42,222 WAIT. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? 392 00:18:42,222 --> 00:18:43,256 I'M SUPPOSED TO WAIT HERE 393 00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:44,691 WHILE YOU GO OUT IN THIS WEATHER 394 00:18:44,691 --> 00:18:46,259 LOOKING FOR THIS... WHATEVER HE IS? 395 00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:48,828 NO. DON'T WAIT. GET SOME REST. 396 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:50,363 I'LL BE HOME SOON. 397 00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:57,604 [THUNDER] 398 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:10,550 WHO ARE YOU? 399 00:19:20,193 --> 00:19:21,428 WHAT DO YOU WANT?! 400 00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:23,463 WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU?! 401 00:19:27,334 --> 00:19:28,935 I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, 402 00:19:28,935 --> 00:19:31,070 TO YOUR WIFE AND YOUR SON. 403 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:32,939 WHAT ABOUT MY SON? 404 00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:34,541 HE'S IN PAIN. 405 00:19:34,541 --> 00:19:36,108 HE IS FILLED WITH HATRED. 406 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:37,109 HE SHOULD BE. 407 00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,878 NO, YOU'RE WRONG. 408 00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:41,748 IT'S GONNA RUIN HIS LIFE. 409 00:19:41,748 --> 00:19:43,416 LOOK, I CAN HELP YOU TALK TO THE JUDGE-- 410 00:19:43,416 --> 00:19:45,017 I'LL TALK TO HIM WHEN HE'S DEAD LIKE ME, 411 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,253 AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL MAKE HIM 412 00:19:46,253 --> 00:19:47,620 BEFORE HE EVER GETS A CHANCE 413 00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:49,722 TO SEE THAT DEDICATION TO HIS GOOD NAME. 414 00:19:49,722 --> 00:19:51,358 DON'T DO THIS. THERE'S A BETTER WAY. 415 00:19:51,358 --> 00:19:52,692 I'M TAKING HIM! 416 00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:54,093 YOU BETTER STAND BACK, 417 00:19:54,093 --> 00:19:56,363 OR I MAY HAVE TO TAKE YOU, TOO. 418 00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:57,630 THERE ARE PEOPLE OVER HERE 419 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,099 WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN YOU. 420 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:03,102 AAH! HEY, IT'S OK. 421 00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:05,772 IT'S OK. DON'T BE MAD. 422 00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:17,784 I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT CASE. 423 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:19,719 INTERVIEWED DOZENS OF PEOPLE. 424 00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,120 I WAS A BRAND-NEW PROSECUTOR, 425 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:23,323 AND I WANTED TO MAKE MY BONES. 426 00:20:23,323 --> 00:20:26,058 THE HOFSTADTERS WERE VERY POWERFUL. 427 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,295 IS THAT WHY YOU DECIDED NOT TO PROSECUTE? 428 00:20:28,295 --> 00:20:30,229 NO. IF AMBITION WERE MY ONLY CONCERN, 429 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,632 A MURDER TRIAL WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST WAY 430 00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:34,901 TO GET MY NAME IN THE PAPERS. 431 00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:36,903 EVERYTHING ISN'T IN BLACK AND WHITE. 432 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:39,238 INTERESTING CHOICE OF WORDS. 433 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,773 NO, I KNEW LINK HOFSTADTER. 434 00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:43,943 I KNEW HIS FAMILY. HE WAS A FINE YOUNG MAN. 435 00:20:43,943 --> 00:20:46,379 YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT? 436 00:20:48,415 --> 00:20:51,217 I COME TO WORK ON TIME FOR 18 YEARS, DAMN YOU, 437 00:20:51,217 --> 00:20:52,952 TOOK CRAP FROM CUSTOMERS WHO LET ME 438 00:20:52,952 --> 00:20:54,454 CARRY THEIR REFRIGERATOR THROUGH THE DAMN DOOR 439 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,923 AND THEN GOT NERVOUS WHEN I TOOK IT INSIDE. 440 00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:59,191 CUSTOMERS WHO MADE ME PUT THEIR CHANGE ON THE COUNTER 441 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:00,960 SO WE WOULDN'T ACCIDENTALLY TOUCH HANDS. 442 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,729 BUT I TOOK IT. OH, I SMILED. 443 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:04,230 I SAID THANK YOU, AND YOU'RE PAYING HIM 444 00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:06,232 A DOLLAR MORE AN HOUR THAN YOU PAY ME? 445 00:21:06,232 --> 00:21:08,535 HIS FATHER, I OWE HIM A FAVOR. 446 00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:09,702 A DOLLAR MORE! 447 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:11,270 AND THIS MEATHEAD CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE 448 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:12,872 BETWEEN A LAMPSHADE AND A LIGHT SOCKET. 449 00:21:12,872 --> 00:21:14,541 I'D WATCH YOUR MOUTH, BOY. 450 00:21:14,541 --> 00:21:16,142 DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME BOY. 451 00:21:16,142 --> 00:21:17,844 YOU DUMBASS CRACKER. 452 00:21:17,844 --> 00:21:20,279 JUST STOP IT. CALL ME BOY AGAIN, YOU'RE DEAD! 453 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:21,914 THAT'S ENOUGH. WE'RE OK. 454 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:24,617 I WON'T HAVE THIS. NOT IN MY STORE. 455 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:26,486 ONE MORE FIGHT, I FIRE YOU BOTH. 456 00:21:31,157 --> 00:21:35,261 Merrick, voice-over: THAT NIGHT, ELY WAITED FOR HIM. 457 00:21:35,261 --> 00:21:37,096 ELY COULD TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF. 458 00:21:37,096 --> 00:21:38,965 HE WAS GOOD WITH HIS FISTS. 459 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,567 HEY, BOY, 460 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:43,269 I GOT SOMETHIN' FOR YOU. 461 00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:46,005 COME ON. COME ON, CRACKER. 462 00:21:46,005 --> 00:21:47,340 SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT. 463 00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:49,476 COME ON. 464 00:21:49,476 --> 00:21:51,611 COME ON, CRACKER! COME ON, SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT. 465 00:21:51,611 --> 00:21:53,580 I'M NOT LOSING MY JOB OVER YOU. 466 00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:55,081 COME ON. 467 00:22:02,789 --> 00:22:04,156 COME ON, BOY. 468 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:06,826 COME ON, BOY. 469 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:09,729 [YELLS] 470 00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:11,598 COME ON. 471 00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:18,337 [GROANS] 472 00:22:24,411 --> 00:22:25,778 [COUGHS] 473 00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:29,382 Merrick, voice-over: IT WAS A CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE. 474 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:30,917 Melinda: HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? 475 00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:32,351 YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE. 476 00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:33,520 I TOOK STATEMENTS 477 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,488 FROM THE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE TWO OF THEM 478 00:22:35,488 --> 00:22:37,123 ARGUING IN THE STREET. 479 00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:39,492 THE MEDICAL REPORTS BACKED UP EVERYTHING LINK SAID. 480 00:22:39,492 --> 00:22:42,762 I CAME TO THIS VERY HOSPITAL TO QUESTION HIM THAT NIGHT. 481 00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:44,531 HE HAD TWO BROKEN RIBS, 482 00:22:44,531 --> 00:22:48,735 AND HE NEEDED 19 STITCHES TO CLOSE UP HIS CHEEK. 483 00:22:48,735 --> 00:22:50,002 AND ELY? 484 00:22:50,002 --> 00:22:52,204 THE BLOW TO HIS HEAD KILLED HIM INSTANTLY. 485 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,641 LINK WAS ALL TORN UP ABOUT IT. 486 00:22:54,641 --> 00:22:56,609 I DOUBT HE EVER FORGAVE HIMSELF. 487 00:22:56,609 --> 00:22:58,711 THERE WERE RUMORS ABOUT A WITNESS. 488 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,046 OH, I KNOW ABOUT THE RUMORS, 489 00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:03,015 AND THEY WERE NEVER SUBSTANTIATED, NOT ONE. 490 00:23:03,015 --> 00:23:05,485 WHY ARE YOU DIGGING ALL THIS UP? WHY NOW? 491 00:23:05,485 --> 00:23:07,420 ELY'S FAMILY FEELS LIKE THERE WAS 492 00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:08,721 AN INJUSTICE DONE. 493 00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:10,957 I'M SURE THEY DO. 494 00:23:10,957 --> 00:23:12,725 IT WAS A TRAGEDY FROM EVERY SIDE. 495 00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:15,194 BUT YOU CAN'T BRING CRIMINAL CHARGES 496 00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:17,196 AGAINST A MAN, RUIN HIS GOOD NAME, 497 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:20,066 MAYBE TAINT HIM FOR LIFE, FOR DEFENDING HIMSELF. 498 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:22,301 [THUNDER] 499 00:23:29,442 --> 00:23:32,679 DADDY, WHY ARE YOU CRYING? 500 00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:34,346 LOOK, I'M NOT CRYING. 501 00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:35,748 IT'S JUST THE WIND. 502 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,517 IT BLEW SOMETHING IN MY EYE. 503 00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:40,152 IT'S REAL WINDY IN THE SQUARE. 504 00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:42,154 THEN WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE SO LONG? 505 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:45,625 MAYBE... 506 00:23:45,625 --> 00:23:48,360 I DON'T KNOW. 507 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,362 MAKES ME FEEL CLOSER TO MY DAD. 508 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:53,032 I FEEL A LITTLE MIXED UP. 509 00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:54,233 [THUNDER] 510 00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:55,502 COME ON, LET'S GO. 511 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:57,837 BUT, DADDY, YOU TOLD ME NEVER TO CRY. 512 00:23:57,837 --> 00:23:59,038 YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 513 00:23:59,038 --> 00:24:02,742 DON'T YOU EVER LET ANYBODY MAKE YOU CRY. 514 00:24:02,742 --> 00:24:05,478 YOU ONLY TRUST YOUR OWN KIND. 515 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:07,714 THAT'S HOW YOU STAY STRONG. 516 00:24:07,714 --> 00:24:10,182 THAT'S HOW YOU STAY READY. 517 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,317 READY FOR WHAT? 518 00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:14,854 READY FOR PLACES LIKE THIS. 519 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,825 HE LOOKS JUST LIKE IN THE PICTURES. 520 00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:20,827 WHO? 521 00:24:22,562 --> 00:24:24,597 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, JAMEEL? 522 00:24:24,597 --> 00:24:26,533 GRANDPA. 523 00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:33,439 COME ON, LET'S GO. 524 00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:37,276 BUT, DAD, HE'S STANDING RIGHT THERE. I SWEAR. 525 00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:46,218 I THINK I'M GETTING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. 526 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:49,421 NO WAY, OUR INSURANCE DOESN'T COV... 527 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:51,257 THE BOY, HE CAN SEE ME. 528 00:24:54,293 --> 00:24:56,863 LOTS OF KIDS CAN SEE SPIRITS. 529 00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:58,898 UH, ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? 530 00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:02,268 OKAY, SHOULD I GET READY 531 00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:03,936 TO RUN SCREAMING FROM THE STORE? 532 00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:06,906 I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. 533 00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:09,508 HOW COME HE CAN SEE ME? 534 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:11,177 I DON'T REALLY KNOW. 535 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:14,313 THEY USUALLY GROW OUT OF IT BY THE TIME THEY'RE EIGHT OR NINE, 536 00:25:14,313 --> 00:25:16,282 WHEN THEY REALIZE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SEEING THEM. 537 00:25:16,282 --> 00:25:17,617 YOUR GRANDSON'S SEVEN, I THINK. 538 00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:19,719 SO WHY DIDN'T YOU TALK TO HIM? 539 00:25:19,719 --> 00:25:21,654 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 540 00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:24,156 YES, YOU DO. 541 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:26,826 WAIT, HEY, OH, NO. 542 00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:31,631 ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE ME HERE ALONE WITH THE... 543 00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:35,001 ALL RIGHT. 544 00:25:35,001 --> 00:25:37,870 I'LL BE IN THE BACK IF, UH... 545 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:41,407 IF YOU NEED ME. 546 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:48,314 HI. 547 00:25:48,314 --> 00:25:52,418 THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO SHOW YOU IN MY STORE. 548 00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:01,994 WHERE ARE WE GOING, DADDY? 549 00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:03,429 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 550 00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:07,800 WHAT'S YOUR NAME? JAMEEL. JAMEEL FISHER. 551 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,237 MM-HMM, SECOND GRADE. 552 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:12,538 WHO'S HE TALKING TO? 553 00:26:12,538 --> 00:26:14,707 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 554 00:26:14,707 --> 00:26:16,575 THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN I CALLED, 555 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:18,577 IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD SEEN YOUR FATHER. 556 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,913 WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT? MY FATHER'S DEAD. 557 00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:23,015 YOUR DAD, HE CAN'T SEE ME, CAN HE? 558 00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:25,051 NO, JUST ME AND THE LADY. 559 00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:26,886 WHAT'RE YOU, SOME KIND OF GRIFTER, HUH? 560 00:26:26,886 --> 00:26:29,555 WHAT, YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME MY FUTURE NEXT? 561 00:26:29,555 --> 00:26:31,157 LOOK, I HAVE THIS GIFT. 562 00:26:31,157 --> 00:26:32,258 DO YOU STILL LIVE HERE? 563 00:26:33,793 --> 00:26:36,663 NO, BUT I DID. 564 00:26:36,663 --> 00:26:38,097 ALL MY LIFE. 565 00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:41,133 I WAS BORN IN THE SAME HOUSE YOUR AUNT ROSE LIVES IN NOW. 566 00:26:41,133 --> 00:26:42,902 WAIT A MINUTE, YOU WERE BORN IN A HOUSE? 567 00:26:42,902 --> 00:26:44,103 WHAT? 568 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:45,504 BACK THEN, LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE. 569 00:26:45,504 --> 00:26:47,039 COULDN'T AFFORD THE HOSPITALS. 570 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,608 GRANDDADDY WAS BORN IN A HOUSE, NOT A HOSPITAL. 571 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:51,610 THEY WERE TOO POOR. 572 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:54,246 HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? 573 00:26:54,246 --> 00:26:56,415 I'M NOT. 574 00:26:56,415 --> 00:26:58,017 ME AND YOUR AUNT ROSE, 575 00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:00,787 WE SLEPT IN A DRESSER DRAWER WHEN WE WERE BABIES. 576 00:27:00,787 --> 00:27:03,622 THEN CELIA CAME ALONG, THEY FINALLY BOUGHT A CRIB. 577 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:05,457 WHO'S CELIA? 578 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:07,760 CELIA. 579 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,062 SHE PASSED WHEN SHE WAS JUST A LITTLE THING. 580 00:27:10,062 --> 00:27:13,132 SHE DROWNED DOWN IN A POND. 581 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:15,301 I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING HER. 582 00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:18,437 DADDY, IS THAT WHY YOU WON'T LET ME GO SWIMMING UNLESS YOU WATCH? 583 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:20,639 'CAUSE GRANDDADDY WASN'T WATCHING CELIA? 584 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,174 ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS THIS? 585 00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:25,211 ONLY ME AND MY FAMILY KNOWS THAT STORY. 586 00:27:25,211 --> 00:27:26,612 YOUR FATHER KNOWS. 587 00:27:26,612 --> 00:27:27,980 MY FATHER. 588 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,215 HE'S HERE. 589 00:27:29,215 --> 00:27:31,918 HE IS, DADDY. 590 00:27:31,918 --> 00:27:36,088 ALL RIGHT, IF GRANDDAD'S HERE, 591 00:27:36,088 --> 00:27:41,761 ASK HIM WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. 592 00:27:41,761 --> 00:27:46,198 IT'S NOT LIKE WHAT LINK HOFSTADTER SAID. 593 00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:48,200 CAME OUT OF THE BARN, 594 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,402 AND I COULD SMELL THE ALCOHOL ON HIM. 595 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:52,438 HEY, SAMBO. 596 00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:53,539 COME HERE. 597 00:27:53,539 --> 00:27:55,174 I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. 598 00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:57,209 MR. HOFSTADTER, I DIDN'T MEAN NOTHING 599 00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:58,911 ABOUT WHAT I SAID AT THE STORE TODAY. 600 00:27:58,911 --> 00:28:01,347 COME ON, BOY, SHOW ME SOME OF YOUR SASS NOW! 601 00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:03,015 I'M NOT LOSING MY JOB OVER YOU. 602 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,851 [GRUNTS] 603 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:21,100 [GROANS] 604 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,035 I HEARD HIS RIBS CRACK. 605 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,937 BUT HE WASN'T GONNA LET ME WIN. 606 00:28:24,937 --> 00:28:26,638 WHAT WOULD HE TELL HIS REDNECK FRIENDS? 607 00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:32,344 [BOTH YELL] 608 00:28:37,483 --> 00:28:39,551 IT WASN'T LIKE LINK SAID. 609 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:41,788 I WAS JUST GOING TO GET SOME MILK 610 00:28:41,788 --> 00:28:43,055 FOR YOUR DADDY'S BREAKFAST. 611 00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:46,225 MY DADDY GIVES ME MILK FOR MY BREAKFAST TOO. 612 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,361 HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR A FIGHT. 613 00:28:49,361 --> 00:28:51,030 THAT'S WHAT MY MOM SAID. 614 00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:54,834 NOBODY WOULD LISTEN. 615 00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:57,236 SHE CRIED, SHE CRIED, 616 00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:59,671 SHE COULDN'T WORK. SHE LOST HER JOB. 617 00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:01,908 I JUST WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THEM PAY, 618 00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,209 LINK AND THAT PROSECUTOR. 619 00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:05,644 HE WANTED TO PUNISH LINK AND MERRICK. 620 00:29:05,644 --> 00:29:08,714 WELL, WAIT, IF HE'S STILL HERE, 621 00:29:08,714 --> 00:29:12,051 AFTER ALL THIS TIME, 622 00:29:12,051 --> 00:29:13,853 HOW COME HE DIDN'T TALK TO ME? 623 00:29:13,853 --> 00:29:17,589 I WAS THE SAME AGE AS JAMEEL IS RIGHT NOW. 624 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,658 I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD. 625 00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:22,361 I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THEM PAY. 626 00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:24,363 YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD'VE MEANT, POP? 627 00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:26,032 IF I COULD JUST SEE YOU? 628 00:29:26,032 --> 00:29:27,900 TO JUST KNOW THAT YOU WERE THERE? 629 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:30,669 TEACH ME THE THINGS THAT A FATHER 630 00:29:30,669 --> 00:29:32,004 IS SUPPOSED TO TEACH HIS SON. 631 00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:33,672 IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, RANDALL. 632 00:29:33,672 --> 00:29:35,607 HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE COULD. 633 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,444 WHAT ABOUT MOM? 634 00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:40,813 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN SHE DIED? 635 00:29:40,813 --> 00:29:42,648 AND WHERE IS SHE? 636 00:29:42,648 --> 00:29:45,651 TELL HIM I WAS THERE THAT DAY. 637 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:47,619 RACHEL SAW THIS LIGHT, 638 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:50,689 SHE WANTED ME TO COME WITH HER, BUT I COULDN'T, I JUST COULDN'T. 639 00:29:50,689 --> 00:29:52,391 YOUR MOTHER CROSSED OVER. 640 00:29:52,391 --> 00:29:55,127 AND YOUR FATHER COULDN'T BECAUSE HE WAS TOO ANGRY. 641 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:56,695 WELL, I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE ANGER, 642 00:29:56,695 --> 00:30:00,532 ALL RIGHT, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL HE LEFT ME. 643 00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:03,335 WHAT GOOD HAS IT DONE, HUH? 644 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:24,056 WAIT! 645 00:30:24,056 --> 00:30:25,791 BACK THERE YOU ASKED ME WHERE HE WAS 646 00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:27,393 WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM TO TEACH YOU THE THINGS 647 00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:29,495 FATHERS TEACH THEIR SONS. 648 00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:32,431 THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO TEACH YOUR SON. 649 00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:35,201 MAYBE EVEN SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO TEACH YOUR FATHER. 650 00:30:35,201 --> 00:30:36,702 YEAH, WELL, MY FATHER'S GONE. 651 00:30:36,702 --> 00:30:38,604 EITHER YOU'RE WORKING SOME SCAM, 652 00:30:38,604 --> 00:30:41,440 OR YOU'RE JUST PLAIN CRAZY. 653 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:42,841 I'M NOT, AND YOU KNOW IT. 654 00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,343 SHE'S NOT, DADDY. 655 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:47,679 PLEASE, COME WITH ME TO SEE JUDGE MERRICK. 656 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,982 AND DO WHAT? LAY THIS TO REST. 657 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:54,286 COME IN. 658 00:30:54,286 --> 00:30:56,255 SHE YOUR BOSS? 659 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:58,390 UM, SHE'S MY PARTNER. 660 00:30:58,390 --> 00:31:00,993 YOU'RE PARTNERS WITH A WHITE LADY? 661 00:31:00,993 --> 00:31:05,497 WELL, SHE'S ALSO MY FRIEND, JAMEEL. 662 00:31:05,497 --> 00:31:07,433 SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND. 663 00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:09,668 MY DAD SAYS THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T FIGHT 664 00:31:09,668 --> 00:31:12,871 IF THEY STUCK WITH THEIR OWN KIND. 665 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:16,408 WELL, YOUR DAD'S A PRETTY SMART GUY. 666 00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:18,277 [SIGHS] 667 00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:20,846 YOU KNOW WHAT MY KIND IS? 668 00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:23,682 HERE. 669 00:31:23,682 --> 00:31:28,287 PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS, 670 00:31:28,287 --> 00:31:33,392 PEOPLE WHO ARE INTELLIGENT, KIND, FUNNY, 671 00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:36,695 NICE TO KIDS, PEOPLE LIKE MELINDA. 672 00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:40,199 SHE'S FUNNY? OH, SHE'S SO FUNNY. 673 00:31:40,199 --> 00:31:43,169 SEE THAT'S THE THING ABOUT PEOPLE, JAMEEL. 674 00:31:43,169 --> 00:31:47,206 YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE JUST BY LOOKING AT THEM. 675 00:31:47,206 --> 00:31:49,108 YOU HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THEM. 676 00:31:49,108 --> 00:31:51,710 BUT YOUR DAD IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 677 00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:55,081 ONCE YOU FIND OUT THAT SOMEONE'S YOUR KIND, 678 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:59,185 YOU STICK WITH THEM. 679 00:31:59,185 --> 00:32:00,752 [BELL DINGS] 680 00:32:03,822 --> 00:32:06,792 [EERIE TONE] 681 00:32:09,361 --> 00:32:11,597 YOU OWE ME. 682 00:32:11,597 --> 00:32:13,765 CAN I DO ANYTHING FOR YOU? 683 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,701 RAIN CHECK. 684 00:32:15,701 --> 00:32:19,105 YEAH, I REMEMBER, BUT NOT NOW, OK? 685 00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:21,340 IT'S YOUR TURN TO HELP ME. 686 00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:25,144 AND IT'S GOT TO BE NOW. 687 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,378 WHY? 688 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:28,114 BECAUSE I WAS WORKING HERE 689 00:32:28,114 --> 00:32:30,682 THE NIGHT THEY BROUGHT LINK HOFSTADTER IN. 690 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,118 [LINK LAUGHS] 691 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:35,154 I WAITED TWO HOURS FOR THE SON OF A BITCH. 692 00:32:35,154 --> 00:32:40,359 [LAUGHS] 693 00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:42,194 I WAS JUST GONNA THROW HIM A BEATING. 694 00:32:42,194 --> 00:32:47,799 SHOW HIM HOW HE HAS TO TREAT A WHITE MAN. 695 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:51,337 YOU'RE THE WITNESS. 696 00:32:51,337 --> 00:32:55,107 HE TOLD ME EVERYTHING. 697 00:32:57,276 --> 00:33:00,379 WELL... 698 00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:02,581 THIS IS A NICE SEND-OFF. 699 00:33:02,581 --> 00:33:04,550 THEY'RE LETTING ME OUT ON PAROLE. 700 00:33:04,550 --> 00:33:08,087 I SUGGESTED THEY SENTENCE ME TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, BUT... 701 00:33:08,087 --> 00:33:10,122 I'M SORRY, DO I KNOW YOU? 702 00:33:10,122 --> 00:33:11,223 THIS IS RANDALL FISHER, 703 00:33:11,223 --> 00:33:12,624 ELY'S SON. 704 00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:15,361 THE TWO OF YOU WILL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. 705 00:33:15,361 --> 00:33:16,495 I'VE GOT TO GET DRESSED. 706 00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:18,530 THERE WAS A WITNESS, WASN'T THERE? 707 00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:21,267 A NURSE, WHO CAME TO YOU. 708 00:33:21,267 --> 00:33:22,601 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 709 00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:25,071 I'M GOING HOME NOW. 710 00:33:25,071 --> 00:33:26,638 [LAUGHS] 711 00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:28,707 HEY, I WASN'T GONNA END HIM. 712 00:33:28,707 --> 00:33:31,843 MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T HAVE RAISED HIS HANDS TO ME. 713 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:35,514 YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD'VE JUST TAKEN WHAT HE HAD COMING. 714 00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:37,783 MAYBE THEN I WOULD'VE LEFT HIM ALIVE. 715 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:39,518 [LAUGHS] 716 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:41,953 HEY, COME HERE. 717 00:33:41,953 --> 00:33:44,156 WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS PLACE SAFE. 718 00:33:44,156 --> 00:33:46,425 FOR OUR KIND. 719 00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:49,761 BUT THAT'S NOT IT, IS IT? 720 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:51,530 THE E.R. NURSE CAME TO YOU AND TOLD YOU 721 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,365 WHAT LINK HAD SAID TO HER. 722 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:54,733 MR. MERRICK, 723 00:33:54,733 --> 00:33:57,203 I'M THE NURSE WHO CALLED YOU. 724 00:33:57,203 --> 00:33:59,004 LINK TOLD ME EVERYTHING. 725 00:33:59,004 --> 00:34:00,906 I TALKED TO LINK, TOO. HE WAS DRUNK. 726 00:34:00,906 --> 00:34:03,509 DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK HE GOT JUMPED BY A BLACK MAN 727 00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:05,844 IN AN ALLEY AND HE DIDN'T DEFEND HIMSELF. 728 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:07,446 THAT'S NOT THE STORY. 729 00:34:07,446 --> 00:34:10,549 WELL, IT'S A CASE I CAN'T WIN. SO THE CASE IS CLOSED. 730 00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:14,486 THE NEXT DAY THERE WAS $5,000 IN MY CHECKING ACCOUNT. 731 00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:17,356 THE HOFSTADTERS PUT $5,000 INTO HER CHECKING ACCOUNT. 732 00:34:17,356 --> 00:34:21,260 WHAT? 733 00:34:21,260 --> 00:34:23,262 I DIDN'T KNOW, I SWEAR. SHE NEVER TOLD ME. 734 00:34:23,262 --> 00:34:24,396 SHE TRIED TO TELL YOU ONCE, 735 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:26,165 BUT YOU TOLD HER THAT THE CASE WAS CLOSED. 736 00:34:26,165 --> 00:34:27,733 BUT IF I'D KNOWN THEY PAID HER... 737 00:34:27,733 --> 00:34:29,335 YOU SHOULD'VE LOOKED AGAIN. 738 00:34:29,335 --> 00:34:31,203 BUT YOU WANTED TO LOOK AWAY. 739 00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:33,972 HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS, ANYWAY? 740 00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:36,608 HOW DO I KNOW YOU DIDN'T JUST INVENT IT? 741 00:34:36,608 --> 00:34:37,976 IT'S THE TRUTH. 742 00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:39,545 CHECK THE BANK RECORDS IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, 743 00:34:39,545 --> 00:34:41,313 BUT THE EASIER WAY IS JUST TO DO NOTHING. 744 00:34:41,313 --> 00:34:44,550 THIS WAS A STUPID ARGUMENT THAT GOT OUT OF HAND. 745 00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:46,452 IT WAS AN ARGUMENT OVER A DOLLAR AN HOUR. 746 00:34:46,452 --> 00:34:48,654 THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH A DOLLAR AN HOUR 747 00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:51,890 OR A SEAT ON A BUS OR A WATER FOUNTAIN. 748 00:34:51,890 --> 00:34:54,760 THIS IS ABOUT SOMETHING BIGGER, AND YOU KNOW IT. 749 00:34:56,762 --> 00:34:59,698 I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MONEY. 750 00:34:59,698 --> 00:35:01,133 WELL, YOU DO NOW. 751 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:03,269 I JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE 752 00:35:03,269 --> 00:35:04,836 HE COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 753 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:07,506 WE KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE, JUDGE, THEN AND NOW, 754 00:35:07,506 --> 00:35:10,876 AND WE BOTH KNOW WHY YOU LOOKED AWAY, DON'T WE? 755 00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,120 [BAND PLAYING "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"] 756 00:35:35,434 --> 00:35:37,303 WALTER MERRICK WAS NOT ONLY A JUDGE 757 00:35:37,303 --> 00:35:38,837 AT THIS COURTHOUSE FOR 25 YEARS, 758 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:42,474 HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTORING GRANDVIEW 759 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:45,277 TO THE TOWN MANY OF US GREW UP IN. 760 00:35:45,277 --> 00:35:48,380 THE STORM HAS PASSED. HE'S HEALTHY AND STRONG AS EVER. 761 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:50,782 JUDGE WALTER MERRICK. 762 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,420 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 763 00:35:54,420 --> 00:36:00,125 I'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS MANY THINGS IN THIS TOWN. 764 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:05,997 A TOUGH BUT FAIR-MINDED JUDGE, 765 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:08,934 A DEACON OF MY CHURCH, 766 00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:11,537 A GOOD HUSBAND. 767 00:36:11,537 --> 00:36:14,906 THE ONE THING I WAS NOT KNOWN AS... 768 00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:17,042 IS A RACIST. 769 00:36:17,042 --> 00:36:21,913 30 YEARS AGO, 770 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:26,051 A BLACK MAN, ELY FISHER, WAS KILLED RIGHT IN THE SQUARE. 771 00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:27,586 THE PLAIN TRUTH IS, 772 00:36:27,586 --> 00:36:30,856 I ASSUMED ELY FISHER WAS THE GUILTY ONE. 773 00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:36,628 I MADE A JUDGMENT CALL THAT WAS CALLOUS AND BIGOTED. 774 00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:42,534 IT WOULD BE EASY TO SAY IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO, 775 00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:46,137 BUT THE TRUTH IS 776 00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:48,974 THAT I WAS THAT SAME MAN UNTIL YESTERDAY. 777 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:53,345 DESPITE GREAT PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTRY, 778 00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:56,615 RACISM IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE. 779 00:36:56,615 --> 00:36:58,517 IT CAN BE SUBTLE, 780 00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:02,954 HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. 781 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:07,359 THIS TRAGEDY IS MY SHAME. 782 00:37:07,359 --> 00:37:09,961 MY DEBT. 783 00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:15,033 BUT, IF IT BECOMES A REASON TO CHANGE, 784 00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:20,872 FOR EVEN ONE OF YOU, OR ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN, 785 00:37:20,872 --> 00:37:26,144 ELY FISHER'S DEATH WILL HAVE GAINED NEW MEANING. 786 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:29,548 SO LATER TODAY, I WILL OFFICIALLY RECOMMEND 787 00:37:29,548 --> 00:37:32,250 THAT THIS PLAQUE BE REMOVED 788 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,252 AND THAT A NEW ONE REPLACE IT, 789 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,054 ONE THAT DEDICATES 790 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:39,758 THIS COURTHOUSE TO ELY FISHER. 791 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,927 [APPLAUSE] 792 00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:46,765 HEY, THERE'S GRANDPA. 793 00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:55,173 WHERE'D GRANDPA GO? 794 00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:56,842 Man at podium: THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, 795 00:37:56,842 --> 00:37:59,411 AND ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES. 796 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:16,495 IS HE GONE FOR GOOD? 797 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:19,197 I DON'T KNOW. 798 00:38:19,197 --> 00:38:22,401 ELY... 799 00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:27,105 GRANDPA, DADDY NEEDS TO TALK TO YOU. 800 00:38:27,105 --> 00:38:28,440 I'M RIGHT HERE. 801 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,542 Jameel: HE'S HERE. 802 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:32,310 ASK HIM HOW HE FEELS. 803 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,845 I HARDLY KNOW. 804 00:38:33,845 --> 00:38:36,047 I'M GLAD THE RIGHT THING WAS DONE, 805 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:38,550 BUT IT DON'T CHANGE MUCH. 806 00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:43,254 THOUGHT I'D FEEL HAPPY, LIKE I WON. 807 00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:46,725 I DON'T THINK ANYONE WON. 808 00:38:46,725 --> 00:38:49,661 HE'S GLAD THAT THE TRUTH CAME OUT, 809 00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:51,062 BUT IT DIDN'T CHANGE MUCH. 810 00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:52,564 IT DOES, POP. 811 00:38:52,564 --> 00:38:56,368 I THOUGHT STAYING MAD ALL THAT TIME REALLY GAVE ME SOMETHING-- 812 00:38:56,368 --> 00:39:00,105 SOMETHING TO STAY HERE FOR, SOMETHING TO KEEP ME GOING. 813 00:39:00,105 --> 00:39:03,442 BUT IT TOOK A LOT AWAY, TOO. 814 00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:07,546 FROM ME, FROM YOU, EVEN JAMEEL. 815 00:39:07,546 --> 00:39:09,247 AND THAT'S GOT TO STOP. 816 00:39:09,247 --> 00:39:10,916 I'M NOT MAD, GRANDPA. 817 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:15,186 THAT'S GOOD, LITTLE MAN. 818 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:17,956 AND YOU MAKE SURE YOUR POPS DOESN'T STAY MAD, EITHER. 819 00:39:17,956 --> 00:39:22,293 YOU TELL HIM HE CAN LET GO OF THIS NOW. 820 00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:25,030 HE'S GOT A CLEAN SLATE. 821 00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:27,365 SO DO I. 822 00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:30,602 [EERIE TONE] 823 00:39:34,005 --> 00:39:35,541 I SEE IT. 824 00:39:35,541 --> 00:39:38,376 THAT LIGHT. 825 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:41,713 I GUESS IT'S TIME. 826 00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:43,849 YOU'RE READY. 827 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:45,383 TIME FOR WHAT, GRANDPA? 828 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:49,588 TO SEE YOUR GRANDMA RACHEL 829 00:39:49,588 --> 00:39:50,856 AND YOUR AUNT CELIA. 830 00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:52,123 CAN I MEET THEM? 831 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:54,025 [LAUGHS] 832 00:39:54,025 --> 00:39:58,129 NO, NOT QUITE YET. 833 00:39:58,129 --> 00:40:01,132 HE LOOKS LIKE HIS MOTHER. 834 00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:03,201 THAT'S A GOOD THING, TOO. 835 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:06,137 HE'S GLAD THAT YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR MOTHER. 836 00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:13,411 I THOUGHT... 837 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:16,548 THAT IT WOULD HURT TOO MUCH 838 00:40:16,548 --> 00:40:17,949 IF I KNEW YOU... 839 00:40:17,949 --> 00:40:22,220 OR IF I REMEMBERED YOU TOO WELL. 840 00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:24,823 BUT YOU LEFT SUCH A BIG HOLE. 841 00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:26,592 TELL HIM HE GREW UP STRONG 842 00:40:26,592 --> 00:40:29,260 AND I'M PROUD OF HIM FOR THAT, 843 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:30,996 BUT HE'S GOT TO GROW UP SOFT NOW. 844 00:40:30,996 --> 00:40:34,833 HE'S GOT TO TEACH HIS SON TO BE BOTH. 845 00:40:38,369 --> 00:40:40,105 TELL HIM I SAID GOODBYE. 846 00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:42,941 I WILL. 847 00:40:49,114 --> 00:40:51,216 [SHUDDERS] 848 00:41:01,593 --> 00:41:05,163 ELY, WAIT. 849 00:41:05,163 --> 00:41:08,366 BEFORE, YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE 850 00:41:08,366 --> 00:41:10,502 PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ME. 851 00:41:10,502 --> 00:41:12,504 WHO AND WHY ME? 852 00:41:12,504 --> 00:41:15,106 I WAS MAD. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU. 853 00:41:15,106 --> 00:41:16,742 WHAT DID YOU MEAN? 854 00:41:16,742 --> 00:41:19,845 I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE. 855 00:41:19,845 --> 00:41:24,750 THERE'S A LOT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 856 00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:27,218 THEY KNOW ABOUT YOU. 857 00:41:27,218 --> 00:41:31,757 AND NOT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.