Rectify (2013–2016): Season 1, Episode 4 - Plato's Cave - full transcript
Women come at men. Jon calls on the local D.A. to talk about a retrial, and she bares her teeth. Daniel and his mother visit a big box store and, as they leave, they're ambushed by a TV reporter and her camera crew. Mother drops Daniel off at the church where Tawney works, and she sets about to bring him to embrace Christ. That evening, a woman who was a high-school classmate, sees Daniel looking in a bookstore window and offers him a haircut. Meanwhile, temptation knocks twice while Ted Jr. attends a tire-store conference, and the sheriff drops by Trey's house and asks about George. Trey's defensive.
Is he awake yet?
Why are you whispering?
I don't know.
I think he's in the bathroom.
Okay-- well, the plan is to
stay in Atlanta tonight.
Finish packin'.
Be back tomorrow,
as soon as I can.
You don't need more
time than that?
I'll be fine.
Not much to pack, really.
A phone-- I didn't
get him a phone.
Mom did.
You did?
That's wonderful.
- When did you--
- Yesterday-- you were right.
We need to be able to
get a hold of him.
I hope he's receptive
to the idea.
He's got 1,500 minutes, I think.
Okay-- well, we'll see
how he does with that.
- Oh, I should get the
number before-- - Patience.
What? _
Such a showoff.
Why is efficiency considered
showing off in modern world?
Well... okay...
I'm just a phone call away.
We'll be fine.
I will.
Can't vouch for mom.
Oh, now.
Love ya'll.
Drive safe, okay?
Good mornin'.
Good morning, Daniel.
Mom.
Yes?
I think I need glasses.
Oh.
Okay.
I'm sorry, Mr. Stern.
Miss Person will be with
you in just a moment.
Mr. Stern, I'm
sorry-- I got caught on
a conference call.
You know how those are.
I do-- Jon.
Sondra, please.
Lenton?
- Did you offer Mr. Stern--
- I did.
- And my dinner plate is--
- It's on its way.
Okay.
Please.
Please.
Sorry it took me so long to
get to you, but I have four
counties that I
have to attend to.
Of course.
Not like the city, I imagine.
Which city?
Take your pick.
Anyhow, how can I help you?
And I encourage
getting to the point.
You have no case.
I hope that's subjective.
The confession was coerced.
He was in there for 11 hours,
without a lawyer, and only
the last hour was recorded.
I'm sorry.
The only interruption I
okayed was for lunch.
- Do you mind?
- Of course not.
Lenton.
Please, go on.
Well, I think it's clear.
Yeast rolls.
- Butter?
- Yes, ma'am.
Excellent.
The interrogation--
eleven hours, no council, so on, so on.
I'll move to have it suppressed.
Okay.
And those great witnesses
back then, the party boys,
if you call them in again
to testify against Daniel,
I will skewer them.
Okay.
I mean, come on.
Hasn't he suffered enough?
Not if he's guilty.
But, he's not guilty, Sondra.
Surely, you know that.
Jon, please don't
tell me what I know.
I'm reviewing the case, and
it's still exceptionally
strong, no matter
the DNA results.
- Seriously?
- Jon, it's inconclusive.
It's confusing.
Now, the results may have
been sufficient to vacate
the original case, but you
barely squeaked by with the
judges up there on that
court, and you know that.
It's not gonna play down
here with regular folk.
But, if you'd like to bring me
some truly compelling arguments,
my door is always open.
First or second?
First.
First or second?
First.
First or second?
First.
Good.
Well, it's mild, the,
uh, nearsightedness.
There is a thing called,
uh, near work myopia.
The muscles lock in to, uh, to
near focus from prolonged use
at closer distances or from lack
of use at longer distances.
- Same thing, really.
- Okay.
Glasses should clear things
up in the short-term,
or your eyes may just
do it all on their own.
I see.
How are they?
Like I've been lookin' at
shadows on a cave wall.
As in "Plato's Cave?"
Yes.
I haven't thought
about that since--
Our book report.
Well, I was more of an advisor.
I didn't really understand
the allegory back then.
But, I will say this, mother.
Yes?
Plato was onto somethin'.
He was considered fairly astute.
One... two... three... four...
five... six...
seven... eight... nine.
Two of hearts.
Man!
Ha-ha.
One, two, and three
for good measure.
Don't strain anything.
Ha-ha.
King of diamonds.
Oh, bullshit!
Don't shoot me.
I'm just the messenger.
How I know you
ain't lyin' to me?
And how do I know you're
actually doin' the push-ups?
True.
All right.
Ha-ha-ha.
Loser of this game is
really the winner anyway.
Ugh!
Ah!
Ugh!
Ah!
You know, with this new group
behind ya, you might actually
get out one day, D.
Ah.
He ain't gettin' out.
Shut up, *!
Seven diamonds.
I mean, when they call
themselves non-profit,
that means they got the
money to get your ass out.
You know that's right.
I don't know that's right.
Man, sometimes, you act like
you don't wanna get out.
Queen of hearts.
You're the most reluctant
innocent man I ever seen.
That's 'cause he ain't innocent.
Are you, Daniel?
Listen, man.
I'm gonna come through these walls
and tear your cracker ass up!
You hear me, you sucker bitch?
Damn!
Queen of hearts, Kerwin.
One... two... three... four...
five... six...
seven... eight... nine... ten.
Just imagine, D-- you could
have a world with windows.
Just imagine, Voodoo.
You can get your
own window, too.
You get to look right at
that little girl's mama,
as she watches you go bye-bye.
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
Ace of spades.
Meet up later, okay?
Okay.
Relevance.
That's right, simple.
Relevance.
In the age of the internet
and the big box store,
this has become the greatest challenge
to the independent tire dealer.
Our industry is facing a
grim economic reality.
But, folks, if you are prepared
to think outside the box,
this time next year, you
could be lookin' at your
highest sales in a decade.
Now, how do we get there?
Two core principles--
specialization and synergy.
Now, the Georgia-Alabama
region is made up of 768
different tire centers.
You kiddin' me?
Ethnic minorities,
that's their answer?
I got a store in Montgomery.
I know a little somethin'
about ethnic minorities.
With this damn rim, they can
get 29s, 31s, spinners,
anything they want delivered right
to their door for next to nothin'.
Now, how are we supposed
to compete with that?
I heard that.
I might as well say it.
I read all about
your half brother.
Step-brother.
Saw that press
conference, too-- man!
Hey, how is he?
He seems like a odd duck.
He was on death
row for 19 years.
You know, been through a lot.
No, I know-- I know.
No, I'm not judging
him or nothin'.
Just he seemed odd.
You know, the whole thing does.
I got somethin' I wanna discuss
with you in confidence.
It's somethin' might get us out
of this nickel and dime game altogether.
Sonic and Sega All-Stars racing.
You gotta push start.
Hello.
Daniel?
Yes.
Where are you?
Plastics.
What?
Boxes, plastic boxes.
Well, okay.
Hold on.
- I'll come find you.
- Okay.
- Get your batteries?
- I did.
Mother.
Yes?
I think it's time.
Time?
Time we got into yarn.
Oh, my.
Oh, yes.
Wow.
I just hope we're not too late.
Late?
The yarn bubble.
Well, we could always
fall back on flip flops.
They're seasonal,
though, flip flops.
True, but isn't yarn?
Oh, I'm not sure.
Excuse me.
You know, if you're clothes shoppin',
Kohl's is havin' a great big sale.
Kohl's cash counts double
through the weekend.
Well, welcome home, Daniel.
I know your mama's
thrilled to have you back.
Thank you.
Yes.
Ready to go, mother?
Yes, siree.
Daniel Holden!
Daniel Holden!
How does it feel to
be free, Daniel?
Is there anything you wanna
say to Hannah Dean's family?
Janet!
No comment.
Janet, is it strange
having your son back?
No comment.
Do you have any comment on Judy
Dean's statement yesterday
that Daniel should've been
executed for Hannah's murder?
Do you have anything you'd
like to say to Mrs. Dean?
No-- no comment.
Maybe I should look, mother.
Daniel?
Daniel, does a possibility
of a retrial scare you?
Daniel, how does it feel to
be free, but not exonerated?
Get the drive away.
Daniel, can you look at
the camera again for us?
Maybe I should drive.
Daniel, look at the camera!
You don't have your license.
Then perhaps we should
just sit a while.
Daniel, say something!
Hey, there, darlin'.
Your daddy home?
How's it goin', Sheriff?
It's goin'.
Daddy, watch!
Uh-huh.
Looks like Hannah Dean wasn't
quite the portrait of purity
everybody thought she was.
Well, that's the portrait
that Roland painted.
What are you sayin'?
What are you sayin'?
Come on, Sheriff.
There's at least half a dozen
boys she slept with before she
was 15 years old, and at least
one adult from what I heard.
That's a God awful
mouthful, Trey.
But not the best kept
secret, back then anyway.
Look, I just wanna make
sure you wasn't one of 'em.
I ain't gonna lie. I slept with
her, but not on that night,
if that's what you're askin'.
Man!
Man!
How long we known
each other, Carl?
Huh?
Your youngest, my oldest
playin' ball together.
Patty and Meredith doin' that
cancer drive every year.
Me and you-- all right,
then-- all right.
I got you.
Is that how it is?
Hmm?
Here, take that.
Ain't that how they do it?
You take that.
Take it to the lab.
Do whatever the hell
ya'll do with it.
Now, hold on a minute.
Now, hold on nothin'.
I don't like you comin' to my
house insinuatin' things, Carl!
Daddy?
It's okay, baby.
Look, nobody's insinuatin'
anything, Trey--
just calm down.
Bullshit!
I don't know what you
want from me, Carl.
I saw Holden and her
arrive together.
I saw them arguin'
with each other.
I saw 'em wanderin'
off together.
Now, that's what I testified to then,
and that's what I remember now.
I hear you, Trey.
I just don't want
anymore big surprises.
Well, you ain't gonna
get none from me.
- Look, I didn't mean to--
- No.
I understand.
You got a job to do.
- I just-- get a little sensitive
around the kids and-- - I hear you.
Look, I wish I had seen him do
it, Carl, because I know he did.
But, I didn't, so I can't lie.
Nobody's askin'
you to lie, Trey.
What about George Melton?
What about him?
You ain't happen to hear
from him lately, have you?
No, I ain't talked to
Georgie in a good while.
I'm trying to track him down.
You got any contact
info on him?
Got a cell phone number in the
house, if it's still good.
Yeah, last I heard from
Georgie boy, he was down in
Jacksonville, I believe it was.
Daddy!
Daddy, watch me!
Mm-hmm-- I see you.
Here we go.
Whoo!
Keep goin'!
There, you got it!
Aw.
Oh, you want your card back?
No.
No, keep it, in case the County
Commission approves a new jail.
Pssh-- that'll be the day.
Well, if they ever do, make
sure I get a bid on it.
Top of the list, Trey.
Daddy, watch me!
It's a shame she
ain't cute at all.
She gets it from her daddy.
Yeah.
I'll catch you later, Trey.
Yeah, I'll see ya, Carl.
George, this is Sheriff
Carl Daggett up in Paulie.
I need you to give me a call back
here, as soon as you possibly can.
Number is 678-408-0467.
Thank you much.
You'll be long?
I can wait.
I don't know.
I think I might walk back.
It's a long hike.
I don't mind.
I had a nice day, mother.
Me, too, for the most part.
Oh, Daniel.
Thank you.
Tawney?
You have a visitor.
So glad you got the card.
Come on-- I'll show you around.
You didn't have to dress up.
No, I-I-I went to get glasses.
Oh-- you're sweet.
We're gettin' ready for
the Annual Jubilee.
There are games for kids
and fellowship, baptisms.
It's like a revival.
I-I don't want you to think we're
Bible beaters or anything.
I just thought you might
like to be around people.
Well, I'm not against
it in theory.
Oh, good.
Pastor Beau?
Tawney.
There's someone special I'd
like to introduce you to.
Well, welcome.
This is Daniel.
Daniel, of course.
Yeah, hello.
Hello.
Well, we just think the
world of Tawney here.
Oh, now.
Of course, we just kinda put
up with Teddy, you know?
I understand.
Pastor Beau, I thought it
might be nice for Daniel to,
you know, meet some people,
fellowship and all.
That's very considerate
of you, Tawney.
I-I saw some of your-your
slides on, uh, the chapel wall.
Oh.
Well, young people do like
the multimedia these days.
Yeah, Raphael's painting, the
moment he became God's son.
I like to think he
already was, but yeah.
I-I used to wish I-I'd
seen miracles like that.
But, better to hear
the tale third-hand.
It might've been too
overwhelming, scary to believe.
Well, many were
afraid, certainly.
I'll bet.
Anyway, ha-ha.
Picture tells 1,000
words, doesn't it?
Sorry to bother you, Pastor.
No, no bother at all.
It's nice to meet you, Daniel.
Yes.
Okay.
I hope you don't think I brought
you here to put ya to work.
Chop wood and carry
water-- it's soothin'.
That's nice.
You're very accomplished.
With casseroles, big deal.
Well, big to those who
partake in the result.
Is there a church in prison?
There was, but I was only ever
allowed visits by the chaplain.
Oh, you'd meet with him?
I-I would've met with the
executioner, and he stopped by.
What sort of things
would you talk about?
I mean, with the chaplain?
Well, Flannery O'Connor,
for one, he was a big fan.
Did you ever talk about where you
think you'll go when you die?
It was kind of expected
in the setting.
Did he come to any conclusions?
That it wasn't worth pondering.
But, of course it is.
It's what makes us human.
I-I think what makes us human
is the ability to choose
to ponder or not to ponder.
Free will.
Yeah, I-I focused on preparing
for the act itself
rather than the
result of the act.
The act?
Of dyin', of-of-of lettin' go.
Why can't you do both?
Some do.
But, why can't you,
if it is a choice?
Finding peace in-in not
knowin' seems strangely more
righteous than the peace
that comes from knowin'.
Even if that knowin'
might be true?
What?
You-you make a better
case than the chaplain.
I don't pretend to know everything,
Daniel, but I care about you,
and I would just hate it,
if you went to hell.
I mean, if there is--
I don't know.
You're my Beatrice.
What?
From "The Divine Comedy."
I-I don't know what that is.
She was Dante's
guide, his salvation.
Well, I-I don't know about that.
It was fiction.
He's in sheet metal roofin'.
The price of steel, China,
regulations all eatin'
his ass up, just
like all of us.
But then, last year, boom,
tornado-tornado-tornado,
all within a half
hour of his business.
He gets in on this deal.
You know how much he makes?
Fifty K?
A hundred and eleven
thousand dollars.
And he's just a subcontractor.
Jesus, just tornados?
Mm-hmm-- exactly.
Gives subcontractors a cut.
Mexicans do all the work.
God willing, the creek does rise,
we could be clearin' six figures
by the end of next year.
Government money?
And that, Ted, don't quit.
That's exactly the
damn problem, though.
It's government.
Piss on the boot, Ted.
You-you gonna get mad at me
for tryin' to help you put
food on your table?
It's all gone to shit.
Honest pay for an honest day's
work-- that's dead, son.
The game's rigged.
Somebody's gonna get
on this gravy train.
Might as well be us.
It's beautiful here, comforting.
I'm real glad you came.
I hope you didn't
feel pressure.
I never feel that from you.
Why are you so concerned
about my long-term future?
I'm concerned about everyone's, but
that's just part of it, you know?
I don't want you to think
that's all my belief is.
It's the here and the now that
my faith in God sustains me.
Sustains or numbs you?
Oh, no.
I see and feel things more
sharply now than before I found
God, more rightly, more fully,
but it doesn't overwhelm me.
It fills me up with
indescribable joy.
I never told anyone this,
not-not even Teddy, but I can
see and feel God in all things.
Like Thomas Aquinas.
I don't know much about him.
He felt that God revealed
himself in nature.
Yes, yes, I-- that's
what I feel or sense.
He believed that supernatural
revelation was faith
and natural revelation
was reason, and the two
were not contradictory,
but complimentary.
You're different from
how I thought you'd be.
Different how?
I don't know.
You're above things,
like you're pure.
Far from that.
Could you ever accept
Christ into your heart?
I don't think Buddha would mind
making room, or Confucius.
Nature might grumble.
You're so smart.
Not really.
I've just spent long hours
in the reading room.
Could you ever see
yourself being baptized?
It's a beautiful ceremony.
It isn't just a ceremony.
It's you're given new life.
Hard to fathom.
Just the feeling of it, being
submerged, and the water cleansing you
of every sin, and when you
emerge, you're different.
It's like they say.
You're born, again.
I don't know.
Maybe.
Really?
I... could be.
Sure.
I-I could be.
Oh, Daniel!
I-I'm sorry.
I'm not trying to do anything.
I'm just...
No, it's okay.
Everybody needs to be held.
It does somethin' to ya
not to be touched in any
positive way for so long.
You begin to vacillate between
bein' repelled by touch
and seeking it out in any
form, even the most negative.
I'm so sorry.
Out here, you-- you-you're the
only touch that soothed me.
I know that's not proper.
Well, hugging every once in
a while is okay, I think.
Maybe just keep tryin'
with others.
Okay, I will.
Hey, and I can still
give you a ride home.
There's nothin'
wrong with that.
I-I think I'll walk.
Okay.
I'll see ya tomorrow.
Yes, I'll be here.
Specialization, my dick.
My great aunt Verna drove 60
miles from Cordia to Macon,
to save 20 bucks on
a set of radials.
She called me for help?
Hell, no.
And that's the damn
problem-- loyalty.
Those days are over.
Daddy can't see it.
Don't matter what we do now
anyway, now that Daniel's here.
It's so GD over.
You're right, Kent!
You're right.
Whole thing's over.
You're makin' out with a girl.
Very nice meeting you.
Oh, Teddy!
Teddy, come on now!
Come on, man.
Hello.
What are you doin'?
I-I'm just puttin'
on my soft pants.
What are you doin'?
Oh, Kent's still at it.
I called it a night.
Of course he is.
What are you wearin'?
I-I told you, my PJs.
Why?
Oh, I was just--
I was just kiddin'.
Ahem.
I don't know.
See, it's just 'cause
you're so beautiful.
I'm gonna watch some TV.
You, um, you go
to bed now, Ted.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Tawney?
Through the week,
it's going to be warm.
Tomorrow's anticipated night--
What are you doin'?
They're just books.
Why are you
throwin' those away?
They're just books!
It's over the allowed limit.
What does it matter, huh?
Why do you care?
Get off me!
Ah, get off!
They're just books!
Books!
That's right.
Challenge 'em, Danny boy!
Bitches!
Bitches of the prison
industrial complex!
There's nothin' there!
Get off me!
Get off me!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Daniel?
Hey, it's Susan.
It's Susan Prescott.
Well, now it's Susan Gunter.
Of course, Susan.
Been quite a while.
Indeed, it has.
I run the little beauty
shop around the corner.
That's wonderful.
Yeah, I opened it up
about ten years ago.
Area's taken a bit of a hit,
but I've got my regulars.
Older ladies, mostly--
I call 'em the bridge club.
I saw you the other day, but
I didn't want you to see me.
Not that I didn't
want you to see me.
I just didn't want you to see--
You look lovely, Susan.
Uh, you like a haircut...
on the house?
So, I was thinkin' mohawk.
You know, just a big strip right
down the middle, right there.
Uh, maybe.
Daniel, I'm kiddin' you.
What would you like?
I trust your judgment.
Mohawk it is.
It was pretty corny that year.
Arabian nights theme.
You didn't miss much.
Levi, there's my oldest.
He's about to be a teenager.
Can you believe that?
He wants a dirt bike
for his birthday.
He ain't gettin' no dirt
bike for his birthday.
And Christopher,
that's my little baby.
Boy doesn't even know it, too.
They look like great kids.
Did you have a girlfriend
while you were in there?
That's a thing, right?
Pen pal girlfriends?
Well, uh, uh, no.
I mean, yes, that's a thing.
I guess.
But, I didn't have one, no.
That's a shame.
All right. I'm just gonna come
right out and say this.
I always told myself that
if I ever had the chance,
if you ever got out, that I would
offer myself to you, offer my body,
if that's somethin'
that you would want.
I mean, I'm-I'm a
happily married woman.
I don't wanna be your girlfriend
or anything like that.
I just thought it-it's just
somethin' that I thought
that you might need.
I'm sorry.
I'm bein' ridiculous.
- I shouldn't even--
- I believe I would like that.
Why are you whispering?
I don't know.
I think he's in the bathroom.
Okay-- well, the plan is to
stay in Atlanta tonight.
Finish packin'.
Be back tomorrow,
as soon as I can.
You don't need more
time than that?
I'll be fine.
Not much to pack, really.
A phone-- I didn't
get him a phone.
Mom did.
You did?
That's wonderful.
- When did you--
- Yesterday-- you were right.
We need to be able to
get a hold of him.
I hope he's receptive
to the idea.
He's got 1,500 minutes, I think.
Okay-- well, we'll see
how he does with that.
- Oh, I should get the
number before-- - Patience.
What? _
Such a showoff.
Why is efficiency considered
showing off in modern world?
Well... okay...
I'm just a phone call away.
We'll be fine.
I will.
Can't vouch for mom.
Oh, now.
Love ya'll.
Drive safe, okay?
Good mornin'.
Good morning, Daniel.
Mom.
Yes?
I think I need glasses.
Oh.
Okay.
I'm sorry, Mr. Stern.
Miss Person will be with
you in just a moment.
Mr. Stern, I'm
sorry-- I got caught on
a conference call.
You know how those are.
I do-- Jon.
Sondra, please.
Lenton?
- Did you offer Mr. Stern--
- I did.
- And my dinner plate is--
- It's on its way.
Okay.
Please.
Please.
Sorry it took me so long to
get to you, but I have four
counties that I
have to attend to.
Of course.
Not like the city, I imagine.
Which city?
Take your pick.
Anyhow, how can I help you?
And I encourage
getting to the point.
You have no case.
I hope that's subjective.
The confession was coerced.
He was in there for 11 hours,
without a lawyer, and only
the last hour was recorded.
I'm sorry.
The only interruption I
okayed was for lunch.
- Do you mind?
- Of course not.
Lenton.
Please, go on.
Well, I think it's clear.
Yeast rolls.
- Butter?
- Yes, ma'am.
Excellent.
The interrogation--
eleven hours, no council, so on, so on.
I'll move to have it suppressed.
Okay.
And those great witnesses
back then, the party boys,
if you call them in again
to testify against Daniel,
I will skewer them.
Okay.
I mean, come on.
Hasn't he suffered enough?
Not if he's guilty.
But, he's not guilty, Sondra.
Surely, you know that.
Jon, please don't
tell me what I know.
I'm reviewing the case, and
it's still exceptionally
strong, no matter
the DNA results.
- Seriously?
- Jon, it's inconclusive.
It's confusing.
Now, the results may have
been sufficient to vacate
the original case, but you
barely squeaked by with the
judges up there on that
court, and you know that.
It's not gonna play down
here with regular folk.
But, if you'd like to bring me
some truly compelling arguments,
my door is always open.
First or second?
First.
First or second?
First.
First or second?
First.
Good.
Well, it's mild, the,
uh, nearsightedness.
There is a thing called,
uh, near work myopia.
The muscles lock in to, uh, to
near focus from prolonged use
at closer distances or from lack
of use at longer distances.
- Same thing, really.
- Okay.
Glasses should clear things
up in the short-term,
or your eyes may just
do it all on their own.
I see.
How are they?
Like I've been lookin' at
shadows on a cave wall.
As in "Plato's Cave?"
Yes.
I haven't thought
about that since--
Our book report.
Well, I was more of an advisor.
I didn't really understand
the allegory back then.
But, I will say this, mother.
Yes?
Plato was onto somethin'.
He was considered fairly astute.
One... two... three... four...
five... six...
seven... eight... nine.
Two of hearts.
Man!
Ha-ha.
One, two, and three
for good measure.
Don't strain anything.
Ha-ha.
King of diamonds.
Oh, bullshit!
Don't shoot me.
I'm just the messenger.
How I know you
ain't lyin' to me?
And how do I know you're
actually doin' the push-ups?
True.
All right.
Ha-ha-ha.
Loser of this game is
really the winner anyway.
Ugh!
Ah!
Ugh!
Ah!
You know, with this new group
behind ya, you might actually
get out one day, D.
Ah.
He ain't gettin' out.
Shut up, *!
Seven diamonds.
I mean, when they call
themselves non-profit,
that means they got the
money to get your ass out.
You know that's right.
I don't know that's right.
Man, sometimes, you act like
you don't wanna get out.
Queen of hearts.
You're the most reluctant
innocent man I ever seen.
That's 'cause he ain't innocent.
Are you, Daniel?
Listen, man.
I'm gonna come through these walls
and tear your cracker ass up!
You hear me, you sucker bitch?
Damn!
Queen of hearts, Kerwin.
One... two... three... four...
five... six...
seven... eight... nine... ten.
Just imagine, D-- you could
have a world with windows.
Just imagine, Voodoo.
You can get your
own window, too.
You get to look right at
that little girl's mama,
as she watches you go bye-bye.
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
Ace of spades.
Meet up later, okay?
Okay.
Relevance.
That's right, simple.
Relevance.
In the age of the internet
and the big box store,
this has become the greatest challenge
to the independent tire dealer.
Our industry is facing a
grim economic reality.
But, folks, if you are prepared
to think outside the box,
this time next year, you
could be lookin' at your
highest sales in a decade.
Now, how do we get there?
Two core principles--
specialization and synergy.
Now, the Georgia-Alabama
region is made up of 768
different tire centers.
You kiddin' me?
Ethnic minorities,
that's their answer?
I got a store in Montgomery.
I know a little somethin'
about ethnic minorities.
With this damn rim, they can
get 29s, 31s, spinners,
anything they want delivered right
to their door for next to nothin'.
Now, how are we supposed
to compete with that?
I heard that.
I might as well say it.
I read all about
your half brother.
Step-brother.
Saw that press
conference, too-- man!
Hey, how is he?
He seems like a odd duck.
He was on death
row for 19 years.
You know, been through a lot.
No, I know-- I know.
No, I'm not judging
him or nothin'.
Just he seemed odd.
You know, the whole thing does.
I got somethin' I wanna discuss
with you in confidence.
It's somethin' might get us out
of this nickel and dime game altogether.
Sonic and Sega All-Stars racing.
You gotta push start.
Hello.
Daniel?
Yes.
Where are you?
Plastics.
What?
Boxes, plastic boxes.
Well, okay.
Hold on.
- I'll come find you.
- Okay.
- Get your batteries?
- I did.
Mother.
Yes?
I think it's time.
Time?
Time we got into yarn.
Oh, my.
Oh, yes.
Wow.
I just hope we're not too late.
Late?
The yarn bubble.
Well, we could always
fall back on flip flops.
They're seasonal,
though, flip flops.
True, but isn't yarn?
Oh, I'm not sure.
Excuse me.
You know, if you're clothes shoppin',
Kohl's is havin' a great big sale.
Kohl's cash counts double
through the weekend.
Well, welcome home, Daniel.
I know your mama's
thrilled to have you back.
Thank you.
Yes.
Ready to go, mother?
Yes, siree.
Daniel Holden!
Daniel Holden!
How does it feel to
be free, Daniel?
Is there anything you wanna
say to Hannah Dean's family?
Janet!
No comment.
Janet, is it strange
having your son back?
No comment.
Do you have any comment on Judy
Dean's statement yesterday
that Daniel should've been
executed for Hannah's murder?
Do you have anything you'd
like to say to Mrs. Dean?
No-- no comment.
Maybe I should look, mother.
Daniel?
Daniel, does a possibility
of a retrial scare you?
Daniel, how does it feel to
be free, but not exonerated?
Get the drive away.
Daniel, can you look at
the camera again for us?
Maybe I should drive.
Daniel, look at the camera!
You don't have your license.
Then perhaps we should
just sit a while.
Daniel, say something!
Hey, there, darlin'.
Your daddy home?
How's it goin', Sheriff?
It's goin'.
Daddy, watch!
Uh-huh.
Looks like Hannah Dean wasn't
quite the portrait of purity
everybody thought she was.
Well, that's the portrait
that Roland painted.
What are you sayin'?
What are you sayin'?
Come on, Sheriff.
There's at least half a dozen
boys she slept with before she
was 15 years old, and at least
one adult from what I heard.
That's a God awful
mouthful, Trey.
But not the best kept
secret, back then anyway.
Look, I just wanna make
sure you wasn't one of 'em.
I ain't gonna lie. I slept with
her, but not on that night,
if that's what you're askin'.
Man!
Man!
How long we known
each other, Carl?
Huh?
Your youngest, my oldest
playin' ball together.
Patty and Meredith doin' that
cancer drive every year.
Me and you-- all right,
then-- all right.
I got you.
Is that how it is?
Hmm?
Here, take that.
Ain't that how they do it?
You take that.
Take it to the lab.
Do whatever the hell
ya'll do with it.
Now, hold on a minute.
Now, hold on nothin'.
I don't like you comin' to my
house insinuatin' things, Carl!
Daddy?
It's okay, baby.
Look, nobody's insinuatin'
anything, Trey--
just calm down.
Bullshit!
I don't know what you
want from me, Carl.
I saw Holden and her
arrive together.
I saw them arguin'
with each other.
I saw 'em wanderin'
off together.
Now, that's what I testified to then,
and that's what I remember now.
I hear you, Trey.
I just don't want
anymore big surprises.
Well, you ain't gonna
get none from me.
- Look, I didn't mean to--
- No.
I understand.
You got a job to do.
- I just-- get a little sensitive
around the kids and-- - I hear you.
Look, I wish I had seen him do
it, Carl, because I know he did.
But, I didn't, so I can't lie.
Nobody's askin'
you to lie, Trey.
What about George Melton?
What about him?
You ain't happen to hear
from him lately, have you?
No, I ain't talked to
Georgie in a good while.
I'm trying to track him down.
You got any contact
info on him?
Got a cell phone number in the
house, if it's still good.
Yeah, last I heard from
Georgie boy, he was down in
Jacksonville, I believe it was.
Daddy!
Daddy, watch me!
Mm-hmm-- I see you.
Here we go.
Whoo!
Keep goin'!
There, you got it!
Aw.
Oh, you want your card back?
No.
No, keep it, in case the County
Commission approves a new jail.
Pssh-- that'll be the day.
Well, if they ever do, make
sure I get a bid on it.
Top of the list, Trey.
Daddy, watch me!
It's a shame she
ain't cute at all.
She gets it from her daddy.
Yeah.
I'll catch you later, Trey.
Yeah, I'll see ya, Carl.
George, this is Sheriff
Carl Daggett up in Paulie.
I need you to give me a call back
here, as soon as you possibly can.
Number is 678-408-0467.
Thank you much.
You'll be long?
I can wait.
I don't know.
I think I might walk back.
It's a long hike.
I don't mind.
I had a nice day, mother.
Me, too, for the most part.
Oh, Daniel.
Thank you.
Tawney?
You have a visitor.
So glad you got the card.
Come on-- I'll show you around.
You didn't have to dress up.
No, I-I-I went to get glasses.
Oh-- you're sweet.
We're gettin' ready for
the Annual Jubilee.
There are games for kids
and fellowship, baptisms.
It's like a revival.
I-I don't want you to think we're
Bible beaters or anything.
I just thought you might
like to be around people.
Well, I'm not against
it in theory.
Oh, good.
Pastor Beau?
Tawney.
There's someone special I'd
like to introduce you to.
Well, welcome.
This is Daniel.
Daniel, of course.
Yeah, hello.
Hello.
Well, we just think the
world of Tawney here.
Oh, now.
Of course, we just kinda put
up with Teddy, you know?
I understand.
Pastor Beau, I thought it
might be nice for Daniel to,
you know, meet some people,
fellowship and all.
That's very considerate
of you, Tawney.
I-I saw some of your-your
slides on, uh, the chapel wall.
Oh.
Well, young people do like
the multimedia these days.
Yeah, Raphael's painting, the
moment he became God's son.
I like to think he
already was, but yeah.
I-I used to wish I-I'd
seen miracles like that.
But, better to hear
the tale third-hand.
It might've been too
overwhelming, scary to believe.
Well, many were
afraid, certainly.
I'll bet.
Anyway, ha-ha.
Picture tells 1,000
words, doesn't it?
Sorry to bother you, Pastor.
No, no bother at all.
It's nice to meet you, Daniel.
Yes.
Okay.
I hope you don't think I brought
you here to put ya to work.
Chop wood and carry
water-- it's soothin'.
That's nice.
You're very accomplished.
With casseroles, big deal.
Well, big to those who
partake in the result.
Is there a church in prison?
There was, but I was only ever
allowed visits by the chaplain.
Oh, you'd meet with him?
I-I would've met with the
executioner, and he stopped by.
What sort of things
would you talk about?
I mean, with the chaplain?
Well, Flannery O'Connor,
for one, he was a big fan.
Did you ever talk about where you
think you'll go when you die?
It was kind of expected
in the setting.
Did he come to any conclusions?
That it wasn't worth pondering.
But, of course it is.
It's what makes us human.
I-I think what makes us human
is the ability to choose
to ponder or not to ponder.
Free will.
Yeah, I-I focused on preparing
for the act itself
rather than the
result of the act.
The act?
Of dyin', of-of-of lettin' go.
Why can't you do both?
Some do.
But, why can't you,
if it is a choice?
Finding peace in-in not
knowin' seems strangely more
righteous than the peace
that comes from knowin'.
Even if that knowin'
might be true?
What?
You-you make a better
case than the chaplain.
I don't pretend to know everything,
Daniel, but I care about you,
and I would just hate it,
if you went to hell.
I mean, if there is--
I don't know.
You're my Beatrice.
What?
From "The Divine Comedy."
I-I don't know what that is.
She was Dante's
guide, his salvation.
Well, I-I don't know about that.
It was fiction.
He's in sheet metal roofin'.
The price of steel, China,
regulations all eatin'
his ass up, just
like all of us.
But then, last year, boom,
tornado-tornado-tornado,
all within a half
hour of his business.
He gets in on this deal.
You know how much he makes?
Fifty K?
A hundred and eleven
thousand dollars.
And he's just a subcontractor.
Jesus, just tornados?
Mm-hmm-- exactly.
Gives subcontractors a cut.
Mexicans do all the work.
God willing, the creek does rise,
we could be clearin' six figures
by the end of next year.
Government money?
And that, Ted, don't quit.
That's exactly the
damn problem, though.
It's government.
Piss on the boot, Ted.
You-you gonna get mad at me
for tryin' to help you put
food on your table?
It's all gone to shit.
Honest pay for an honest day's
work-- that's dead, son.
The game's rigged.
Somebody's gonna get
on this gravy train.
Might as well be us.
It's beautiful here, comforting.
I'm real glad you came.
I hope you didn't
feel pressure.
I never feel that from you.
Why are you so concerned
about my long-term future?
I'm concerned about everyone's, but
that's just part of it, you know?
I don't want you to think
that's all my belief is.
It's the here and the now that
my faith in God sustains me.
Sustains or numbs you?
Oh, no.
I see and feel things more
sharply now than before I found
God, more rightly, more fully,
but it doesn't overwhelm me.
It fills me up with
indescribable joy.
I never told anyone this,
not-not even Teddy, but I can
see and feel God in all things.
Like Thomas Aquinas.
I don't know much about him.
He felt that God revealed
himself in nature.
Yes, yes, I-- that's
what I feel or sense.
He believed that supernatural
revelation was faith
and natural revelation
was reason, and the two
were not contradictory,
but complimentary.
You're different from
how I thought you'd be.
Different how?
I don't know.
You're above things,
like you're pure.
Far from that.
Could you ever accept
Christ into your heart?
I don't think Buddha would mind
making room, or Confucius.
Nature might grumble.
You're so smart.
Not really.
I've just spent long hours
in the reading room.
Could you ever see
yourself being baptized?
It's a beautiful ceremony.
It isn't just a ceremony.
It's you're given new life.
Hard to fathom.
Just the feeling of it, being
submerged, and the water cleansing you
of every sin, and when you
emerge, you're different.
It's like they say.
You're born, again.
I don't know.
Maybe.
Really?
I... could be.
Sure.
I-I could be.
Oh, Daniel!
I-I'm sorry.
I'm not trying to do anything.
I'm just...
No, it's okay.
Everybody needs to be held.
It does somethin' to ya
not to be touched in any
positive way for so long.
You begin to vacillate between
bein' repelled by touch
and seeking it out in any
form, even the most negative.
I'm so sorry.
Out here, you-- you-you're the
only touch that soothed me.
I know that's not proper.
Well, hugging every once in
a while is okay, I think.
Maybe just keep tryin'
with others.
Okay, I will.
Hey, and I can still
give you a ride home.
There's nothin'
wrong with that.
I-I think I'll walk.
Okay.
I'll see ya tomorrow.
Yes, I'll be here.
Specialization, my dick.
My great aunt Verna drove 60
miles from Cordia to Macon,
to save 20 bucks on
a set of radials.
She called me for help?
Hell, no.
And that's the damn
problem-- loyalty.
Those days are over.
Daddy can't see it.
Don't matter what we do now
anyway, now that Daniel's here.
It's so GD over.
You're right, Kent!
You're right.
Whole thing's over.
You're makin' out with a girl.
Very nice meeting you.
Oh, Teddy!
Teddy, come on now!
Come on, man.
Hello.
What are you doin'?
I-I'm just puttin'
on my soft pants.
What are you doin'?
Oh, Kent's still at it.
I called it a night.
Of course he is.
What are you wearin'?
I-I told you, my PJs.
Why?
Oh, I was just--
I was just kiddin'.
Ahem.
I don't know.
See, it's just 'cause
you're so beautiful.
I'm gonna watch some TV.
You, um, you go
to bed now, Ted.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Tawney?
Through the week,
it's going to be warm.
Tomorrow's anticipated night--
What are you doin'?
They're just books.
Why are you
throwin' those away?
They're just books!
It's over the allowed limit.
What does it matter, huh?
Why do you care?
Get off me!
Ah, get off!
They're just books!
Books!
That's right.
Challenge 'em, Danny boy!
Bitches!
Bitches of the prison
industrial complex!
There's nothin' there!
Get off me!
Get off me!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Daniel?
Hey, it's Susan.
It's Susan Prescott.
Well, now it's Susan Gunter.
Of course, Susan.
Been quite a while.
Indeed, it has.
I run the little beauty
shop around the corner.
That's wonderful.
Yeah, I opened it up
about ten years ago.
Area's taken a bit of a hit,
but I've got my regulars.
Older ladies, mostly--
I call 'em the bridge club.
I saw you the other day, but
I didn't want you to see me.
Not that I didn't
want you to see me.
I just didn't want you to see--
You look lovely, Susan.
Uh, you like a haircut...
on the house?
So, I was thinkin' mohawk.
You know, just a big strip right
down the middle, right there.
Uh, maybe.
Daniel, I'm kiddin' you.
What would you like?
I trust your judgment.
Mohawk it is.
It was pretty corny that year.
Arabian nights theme.
You didn't miss much.
Levi, there's my oldest.
He's about to be a teenager.
Can you believe that?
He wants a dirt bike
for his birthday.
He ain't gettin' no dirt
bike for his birthday.
And Christopher,
that's my little baby.
Boy doesn't even know it, too.
They look like great kids.
Did you have a girlfriend
while you were in there?
That's a thing, right?
Pen pal girlfriends?
Well, uh, uh, no.
I mean, yes, that's a thing.
I guess.
But, I didn't have one, no.
That's a shame.
All right. I'm just gonna come
right out and say this.
I always told myself that
if I ever had the chance,
if you ever got out, that I would
offer myself to you, offer my body,
if that's somethin'
that you would want.
I mean, I'm-I'm a
happily married woman.
I don't wanna be your girlfriend
or anything like that.
I just thought it-it's just
somethin' that I thought
that you might need.
I'm sorry.
I'm bein' ridiculous.
- I shouldn't even--
- I believe I would like that.