1 00:01:24,858 --> 00:01:26,601 No, Dolores! 2 00:01:26,859 --> 00:01:28,935 Leave me be! 3 00:01:29,112 --> 00:01:31,151 Let go of me! 4 00:01:32,573 --> 00:01:34,613 Let go of me, Dolores! 5 00:01:35,451 --> 00:01:37,278 Let me go! 6 00:02:37,927 --> 00:02:40,168 Please, Dolores. 7 00:02:42,264 --> 00:02:44,138 Got a certified letter here. 8 00:02:44,766 --> 00:02:47,340 Never believe what happened down at the dock. 9 00:02:48,103 --> 00:02:50,511 Dolores Claiborne, what the hell are you... 10 00:02:51,356 --> 00:02:52,685 Oh, my God. 11 00:02:55,277 --> 00:02:56,736 What have you done? 12 00:03:00,365 --> 00:03:03,485 Put it down. Do you hear me? Just put it down. 13 00:03:05,871 --> 00:03:07,365 Jesus, Dolores. 14 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:14,871 Oh, God. 15 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:17,457 Oh, my God. 16 00:03:18,882 --> 00:03:20,163 You killed her. 17 00:03:44,949 --> 00:03:47,191 - So you lose the picture. - Not happening. 18 00:03:47,493 --> 00:03:48,489 It's half a page. 19 00:03:48,577 --> 00:03:50,404 I'll let you write the caption. 20 00:03:50,496 --> 00:03:53,331 - Come on, Peter. It's crucial. - It's salad. 21 00:03:53,874 --> 00:03:55,452 I'm setting up the whole campaign. 22 00:03:55,542 --> 00:03:57,749 It's a better piece without it. 23 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,043 You already said it was brilliant. 24 00:04:01,256 --> 00:04:02,964 I said it was wonderful. 25 00:04:03,175 --> 00:04:05,002 - There's a difference? - Yeah. 26 00:04:05,677 --> 00:04:06,791 Half a page. 27 00:04:10,264 --> 00:04:11,344 Fine. 28 00:04:12,016 --> 00:04:15,183 I only left it in so you'd cut it out anyway. 29 00:04:15,937 --> 00:04:17,680 I'm ready for Arizona. 30 00:04:17,772 --> 00:04:20,310 You should see what I have for the malpractice piece. 31 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:22,308 - The surgeon's ex-wife- - Wait a minute. 32 00:04:22,860 --> 00:04:25,316 Had her on the phone for 20 minutes last night. 33 00:04:25,404 --> 00:04:27,611 - I haven't assigned you that story. - You will. 34 00:04:27,698 --> 00:04:28,777 Slow down. 35 00:04:29,742 --> 00:04:31,948 Come on, Peter. There's a book here. 36 00:04:32,036 --> 00:04:33,411 I deserve this. 37 00:04:33,621 --> 00:04:36,490 Why does every story have to be do or die with you? 38 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,531 You're not the only writer here, okay? 39 00:04:39,709 --> 00:04:43,208 I've got a dozen people out there to keep happy. You know that. 40 00:04:43,629 --> 00:04:44,625 Great. 41 00:04:44,714 --> 00:04:48,462 So now you're not only not fucking me anymore, you're fucking me. 42 00:04:52,388 --> 00:04:53,717 What is it, Helen? 43 00:04:53,890 --> 00:04:55,550 There's a fax here for Selena. 44 00:04:55,766 --> 00:04:56,762 From Phoenix? 45 00:04:56,851 --> 00:04:59,935 No, it's a clipping from the Bangor Daily News. 46 00:05:00,896 --> 00:05:03,304 'Socialite Dead, Housekeeper Held for Questioning. 47 00:05:03,399 --> 00:05:06,731 - 'Mrs. Dolores St. George of-' - Where's the cover sheet? 48 00:08:05,196 --> 00:08:06,394 Fax? 49 00:08:06,739 --> 00:08:07,605 Forget it. 50 00:08:07,907 --> 00:08:10,659 They're hardly out of the 19th century up here. 51 00:08:11,494 --> 00:08:12,905 Are you kidding? 52 00:08:13,371 --> 00:08:16,325 No, there's no motel. One restaurant. 53 00:08:16,582 --> 00:08:19,334 They've got me sleeping on a cot in the town hall. 54 00:08:19,502 --> 00:08:22,586 Tell him to relax. This is no vacation. 55 00:08:22,755 --> 00:08:25,590 I'll be back on the mainland as soon as I wrap this up. 56 00:08:36,184 --> 00:08:39,932 - Can I help you? - Yes. I'm looking for Dolores Claiborne. 57 00:08:40,271 --> 00:08:41,599 And you are? 58 00:08:41,939 --> 00:08:43,350 I'm her daughter. 59 00:08:44,776 --> 00:08:46,270 I'm John Mackey. 60 00:08:46,402 --> 00:08:49,107 - Detective, Maine State Police. - Hello. 61 00:08:50,531 --> 00:08:52,987 Would you please call Constable Stamshaw? 62 00:08:53,075 --> 00:08:55,115 - Get him to come right out. - Yes, sir. 63 00:08:55,620 --> 00:08:57,030 I'm sorry. 64 00:08:57,204 --> 00:08:59,530 No smoking. Public building. 65 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:04,201 We've met before, Miss St. George. 66 00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:05,290 Have we? 67 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:07,540 You were about 13. 68 00:09:08,506 --> 00:09:10,499 What year was that, the eclipse? 69 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:13,711 Must have been, what, '75? 70 00:09:14,512 --> 00:09:16,054 I was the investigator... 71 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:17,848 ...when your father died. 72 00:09:18,308 --> 00:09:19,932 We met at the hearing. 73 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:22,138 What's up, John? 74 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,222 Miss St. George is here. 75 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:26,310 Selena? 76 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:29,729 Oh, my gravy. 77 00:09:29,986 --> 00:09:31,479 Frank Stamshaw. 78 00:09:31,820 --> 00:09:33,065 Marshall's brother. 79 00:09:33,822 --> 00:09:34,936 - Right. - Jonesport High. 80 00:09:35,073 --> 00:09:38,109 - Of course. How are you? - It's been quite a while, I guess. 81 00:09:38,201 --> 00:09:39,576 Certainly has. 82 00:09:41,746 --> 00:09:43,988 To be honest, I'm surprised to see you here. 83 00:09:44,082 --> 00:09:47,533 Your mom's been pretty firm about us not trying to contact you. 84 00:09:47,836 --> 00:09:51,002 - I didn't know Dolores made any calls. - She didn't call. 85 00:09:51,089 --> 00:09:53,580 I saw the Bangor paper. It was faxed to my office. 86 00:09:53,758 --> 00:09:55,003 And where's that? 87 00:09:55,176 --> 00:09:56,920 I came up from New York. 88 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,552 Look, is she here or not? 89 00:09:59,681 --> 00:10:02,005 - Yeah. She's right upstairs. - Thank you. 90 00:10:02,683 --> 00:10:03,678 But... 91 00:10:03,767 --> 00:10:04,846 John? 92 00:10:07,020 --> 00:10:08,598 Is she under arrest? 93 00:10:08,855 --> 00:10:10,349 Technically, no. 94 00:10:11,066 --> 00:10:14,102 Detective Mackey came last night, and we're just starting. 95 00:10:14,194 --> 00:10:15,225 On what? 96 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,776 We've scheduled an inquest for Monday morning. 97 00:10:17,864 --> 00:10:19,904 We'll sort things out over the weekend. 98 00:10:19,991 --> 00:10:22,280 If she's not under arrest why is she in custody? 99 00:10:22,369 --> 00:10:24,741 Right, okay. Vera Donovan is dead. 100 00:10:25,372 --> 00:10:28,041 There's an autopsy in Machais this morning. 101 00:10:28,208 --> 00:10:29,535 And, you know... 102 00:10:30,542 --> 00:10:31,953 ...she died from a fall. 103 00:10:32,127 --> 00:10:36,207 Your mother was the only person with Mrs. Donovan at the time. 104 00:10:37,174 --> 00:10:39,001 That was her job, wasn't it? 105 00:10:39,551 --> 00:10:42,042 I'm afraid, Miss St. George... 106 00:10:42,804 --> 00:10:46,588 ...there's a little more to this than what you may have read in the paper. 107 00:10:55,233 --> 00:10:56,609 What are you doing? 108 00:10:58,111 --> 00:11:00,731 Straightening up this friggin' mess, is what I'm doing. 109 00:11:00,821 --> 00:11:03,146 Gorry, but this place is a dump. 110 00:11:03,449 --> 00:11:05,987 Jesus. You're a suspect, you're not a maid. 111 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,903 Just leave that be. 112 00:11:08,078 --> 00:11:10,071 There's someone to see you here. 113 00:11:10,581 --> 00:11:12,739 I told you, I don't want no lawyer. 114 00:11:19,339 --> 00:11:20,834 It's your daughter. 115 00:11:27,931 --> 00:11:29,638 My God. 116 00:11:29,932 --> 00:11:31,177 Look at you. 117 00:11:37,773 --> 00:11:39,102 You cut your hair. 118 00:11:41,694 --> 00:11:43,520 I didn't... 119 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:48,695 You call her? 120 00:11:49,118 --> 00:11:50,528 Is that what you did? 121 00:11:51,453 --> 00:11:54,703 - Jeezly crow, you got some nerve. - She's here on her own. 122 00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:02,534 Look at you. 123 00:12:08,177 --> 00:12:09,292 I'm just... 124 00:12:12,598 --> 00:12:14,140 My God. 125 00:12:18,145 --> 00:12:19,889 Is it really you? 126 00:12:33,993 --> 00:12:34,989 Look. 127 00:12:37,413 --> 00:12:40,082 - Hey, Ms. Claiborne! - Kill anyone else today? 128 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:43,333 Not yet. When I change my mind, I know exactly where I'll start. 129 00:12:43,419 --> 00:12:45,162 - Go home. - Where's the car? 130 00:12:45,421 --> 00:12:47,212 Right there across the street. 131 00:12:48,174 --> 00:12:50,166 You've been living at the Donovan's. 132 00:12:50,343 --> 00:12:51,505 It's a crime scene now. 133 00:12:51,594 --> 00:12:53,503 I got my own house, and you know it. 134 00:12:53,596 --> 00:12:56,431 We'd like her to stay here for at least the next four days. 135 00:12:56,515 --> 00:13:00,179 If I decide to make my grand escape to South America, I'll let you know. 136 00:13:00,268 --> 00:13:03,554 - I'd appreciate it. - One last thing, Mrs. St. George. 137 00:13:03,771 --> 00:13:05,182 Name is Claiborne! 138 00:13:05,273 --> 00:13:07,479 I changed it when Joe died, and you know it. 139 00:13:07,567 --> 00:13:09,856 I'm very sorry, Ms. Claiborne. 140 00:13:10,153 --> 00:13:11,861 'Morning, Pam. 141 00:13:13,656 --> 00:13:18,152 I'm sorry, but I think it's for the best if you got some legal representation. 142 00:13:18,244 --> 00:13:19,524 You're sorry, are you? 143 00:13:19,746 --> 00:13:23,114 Last time you were sorry was when you had to use the pay toilet... 144 00:13:23,207 --> 00:13:25,449 ...and the string on your pet dime broke. 145 00:13:46,354 --> 00:13:49,308 I'm just muzzy here, trying to think of what to say. 146 00:13:52,068 --> 00:13:53,646 All grown up... 147 00:13:54,153 --> 00:13:55,316 ...looking so... 148 00:13:55,570 --> 00:13:58,144 You turned out a beautiful woman, Selena. 149 00:13:58,699 --> 00:14:00,572 I just can't believe you're here. 150 00:14:01,660 --> 00:14:03,569 That makes two of us. 151 00:14:06,915 --> 00:14:09,406 There must be a reason why you go out of your way... 152 00:14:09,501 --> 00:14:11,577 ...to antagonize them like that. 153 00:14:12,420 --> 00:14:15,587 Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto. 154 00:14:20,929 --> 00:14:22,174 Nice car. 155 00:14:22,430 --> 00:14:23,545 It's a rental. 156 00:14:25,474 --> 00:14:27,680 You pay by the day or by the week? 157 00:14:28,393 --> 00:14:31,597 I assume that's your way of asking how long I'm staying. 158 00:14:31,939 --> 00:14:34,608 Good gorry, you're more nervous than me. 159 00:14:34,942 --> 00:14:37,349 I have to be in Phoenix on Monday. 160 00:14:38,070 --> 00:14:42,778 It's a big story. I'm trying to get out of it, but it may not be possible, all right? 161 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:49,783 I didn't kill her. 162 00:14:51,833 --> 00:14:54,454 I didn't push her down that friggin' staircase. 163 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,704 That's what you want to know? 164 00:14:56,795 --> 00:14:58,290 Well, I'm telling you. 165 00:14:58,380 --> 00:15:02,627 I did not murder that bitch any more than I'm wearing a diamond tiara. 166 00:15:03,093 --> 00:15:04,552 He's got an eyewitness... 167 00:15:04,887 --> 00:15:08,552 ...who puts you standing over a dead body with a rolling pin. 168 00:15:08,724 --> 00:15:09,969 When did you start smoking? 169 00:15:10,058 --> 00:15:13,262 Are you not listening to me? They're talking murder here. 170 00:15:15,856 --> 00:15:18,145 You're lucky I didn't have to post bail. 171 00:15:45,884 --> 00:15:47,295 Spooky, ain't it? 172 00:15:48,345 --> 00:15:50,587 Can't stand out here all day. 173 00:15:52,891 --> 00:15:54,266 What a mess. 174 00:15:55,434 --> 00:15:57,094 A regular bunch of artistes. 175 00:16:00,064 --> 00:16:01,772 Look at this mess. 176 00:16:05,361 --> 00:16:07,437 Cheese and crackers. 177 00:16:13,035 --> 00:16:14,909 Friggin' little bastards. 178 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,196 I've got an idea who they are, too. 179 00:16:23,544 --> 00:16:25,039 Let me try. 180 00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:02,111 Selena. 181 00:17:05,168 --> 00:17:06,579 Get in the house. 182 00:17:07,795 --> 00:17:10,749 Selena, I said get in the house, right now. 183 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:13,756 I am in the house. 184 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,374 It's cold, I know. 185 00:17:52,295 --> 00:17:54,169 God, it's a dust bowl. 186 00:17:56,174 --> 00:17:58,250 Thank God I kept the electric up. 187 00:18:00,470 --> 00:18:03,886 I got some wood. We'll have hot water pretty quick. 188 00:18:06,518 --> 00:18:09,139 Clean linens upstairs, last I looked. 189 00:18:10,981 --> 00:18:14,147 Longer you stand there, the more boogery it's gonna feel. 190 00:18:16,319 --> 00:18:17,398 It's dead. 191 00:18:18,905 --> 00:18:21,027 It's off three years, at least. 192 00:18:22,533 --> 00:18:25,320 I'd know that if I called more often, right? 193 00:18:27,412 --> 00:18:29,986 You called Vera's last Christmas. 194 00:18:30,916 --> 00:18:33,039 The lines go both ways, Mother. 195 00:18:38,673 --> 00:18:42,007 Look, this isn't gonna work. I need a phone. 196 00:18:42,260 --> 00:18:44,170 I'm gonna stay at the motel. 197 00:18:45,013 --> 00:18:45,962 It's closed. 198 00:18:46,181 --> 00:18:47,723 It's off-season. 199 00:18:49,309 --> 00:18:51,182 What about Riner's Inn? 200 00:18:51,393 --> 00:18:52,935 He's gone. 201 00:18:53,354 --> 00:18:54,729 Burned down. 202 00:18:55,064 --> 00:18:57,685 Must be five years ago by now. 203 00:18:59,693 --> 00:19:00,475 Shit. 204 00:19:02,946 --> 00:19:04,690 There's phones in town. 205 00:19:04,865 --> 00:19:07,438 - We've gotta go shoppin' anyway. - I'll go. 206 00:19:07,868 --> 00:19:08,817 Alone. 207 00:19:10,454 --> 00:19:12,078 I'll take care of it. 208 00:19:12,706 --> 00:19:14,533 You don't know what we need. 209 00:19:15,250 --> 00:19:17,456 I'm assuming it's everything. 210 00:21:06,689 --> 00:21:10,473 You know what? I've got a game. Do you know how to count by fives? 211 00:21:10,568 --> 00:21:14,518 You don't. I can teach you. I know you are. You're smart. 212 00:21:15,364 --> 00:21:18,732 Ket's count by fives. You want to play hide and seek? Ready? 213 00:21:19,451 --> 00:21:21,989 5, 10,15, 20... 214 00:21:22,078 --> 00:21:24,154 ...25, 30. 215 00:21:30,253 --> 00:21:34,002 Where is she? Where did she go? I can't find Selena anywhere. 216 00:21:34,466 --> 00:21:39,341 I hear an awful lot of thunder upstairs, but I can't find Selena anywhere. 217 00:21:39,429 --> 00:21:40,425 Where is she? 218 00:21:40,513 --> 00:21:42,091 Is she lost? 219 00:21:42,223 --> 00:21:44,180 What was that I heard? 220 00:21:44,726 --> 00:21:46,220 What did I hear? 221 00:21:46,518 --> 00:21:48,890 I don't know. I think I heard something. 222 00:22:10,125 --> 00:22:11,619 There you are. 223 00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:14,703 Let me help you. That's my job. 224 00:22:14,879 --> 00:22:17,416 - You must be starving. - All these calls. 225 00:22:17,631 --> 00:22:19,624 Ended up longer than I thought. 226 00:22:19,758 --> 00:22:21,039 Water's warm. 227 00:22:21,218 --> 00:22:23,756 You'll want a nice, hot bath. I got this. 228 00:22:23,845 --> 00:22:26,253 I spent an hour finding this radiologist... 229 00:22:26,348 --> 00:22:29,265 ...just so that he could tell me he won't go on record. 230 00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:31,219 Is that your new story? 231 00:22:35,232 --> 00:22:37,224 You say there's hot water? 232 00:22:39,444 --> 00:22:42,065 Why don't you go on up and get yourself fresh? 233 00:22:44,282 --> 00:22:45,278 Go on. 234 00:22:45,449 --> 00:22:46,777 It won't bite you. 235 00:23:27,448 --> 00:23:29,275 Must be a lot of pressure. 236 00:23:31,285 --> 00:23:32,744 All them famous people... 237 00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:34,287 ...talking to them. 238 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:36,996 I framed the picture. 239 00:23:37,624 --> 00:23:39,332 You and Richard Nixon. 240 00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:41,293 He was selling a book. 241 00:23:41,628 --> 00:23:43,123 I got a scrapbook. 242 00:23:43,213 --> 00:23:45,004 Saved all your articles. 243 00:23:45,214 --> 00:23:47,919 Drugstore in Jonesport puts them aside for me. 244 00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:50,801 I used to read them to Vera... 245 00:23:52,430 --> 00:23:54,636 ...when she was clear enough to listen. 246 00:23:55,975 --> 00:23:58,014 You've done so well for yourself. 247 00:23:58,978 --> 00:24:00,805 Is that what you think? 248 00:24:01,230 --> 00:24:02,689 How well I've done? 249 00:24:03,983 --> 00:24:08,858 Hell, even Miss Vera Kiss-My-Back-Cheeks Donovan couldn't help but be impressed. 250 00:24:09,071 --> 00:24:12,654 Her look when she saw that picture-on-the-cover story... 251 00:24:12,741 --> 00:24:15,148 You would've thought she passed a brick. 252 00:24:17,537 --> 00:24:19,410 Maybe you ought to slow down. 253 00:24:19,497 --> 00:24:21,739 Believe me, I know my limit. 254 00:24:25,044 --> 00:24:26,871 Don't that sound familiar? 255 00:24:32,009 --> 00:24:34,168 I'd leave it alone if I were you. 256 00:24:35,262 --> 00:24:37,469 I've seen my share of drunks, is all. 257 00:24:38,391 --> 00:24:39,849 That's all I'm sayin'. 258 00:24:41,268 --> 00:24:43,474 What did he have to be happy about? 259 00:24:47,065 --> 00:24:49,982 I suppose making sure everyone was as miserable as he was. 260 00:24:53,571 --> 00:24:55,363 Is that why you killed him? 261 00:25:11,881 --> 00:25:14,122 Oh, tough question, I guess. 262 00:25:16,092 --> 00:25:17,587 Occupational hazard. 263 00:25:19,929 --> 00:25:22,052 Don't feel too bad, Ma. 264 00:25:22,223 --> 00:25:25,224 I asked Jean Harris the same thing once. 265 00:25:31,232 --> 00:25:32,608 Let's face it, Mother. 266 00:25:32,692 --> 00:25:34,020 We barely know each other. 267 00:25:34,110 --> 00:25:38,060 We haven't spoken in years, and that's as much your doing as it is mine. 268 00:25:39,449 --> 00:25:41,572 You didn't kill Vera, great. 269 00:25:41,784 --> 00:25:43,657 You've got nothing to worry about. 270 00:25:43,785 --> 00:25:46,572 If you did, then you deserve whatever comes. 271 00:25:46,872 --> 00:25:47,951 Just... 272 00:25:48,248 --> 00:25:52,910 ...let's not pretend we're in some goddamn Norman Rockwell family reunion here. 273 00:25:53,295 --> 00:25:56,130 I'm sorry, Ma, but that's where we are. 274 00:25:57,007 --> 00:25:58,916 And as for Dad... 275 00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:02,262 ...the few memories I have of him... 276 00:26:03,346 --> 00:26:04,425 ...I'd like to keep. 277 00:26:06,725 --> 00:26:08,801 Are you listening to me? 278 00:26:23,365 --> 00:26:24,361 Daddy. 279 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:27,110 We made tapioca! 280 00:26:27,327 --> 00:26:28,490 Get out. 281 00:26:28,829 --> 00:26:31,783 We did. And it's not instant either. 282 00:26:31,998 --> 00:26:33,956 And with real cream. 283 00:26:34,334 --> 00:26:38,414 And the next thing you'll tell me is you made it just for me, right? 284 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:42,799 Oh, McCrea, there's that St. George smile. 285 00:26:43,676 --> 00:26:47,210 - Don't you look just like my mother? - That's enough fooling around. 286 00:26:47,304 --> 00:26:49,510 Tell her she's got homework to do. 287 00:26:49,681 --> 00:26:51,639 You better do your homework. 288 00:26:57,189 --> 00:26:59,478 Theo called about the chain winch. 289 00:27:00,025 --> 00:27:03,228 He's got them parts sittin' there. Says he'll go as high as $250. 290 00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:05,979 I changed my mind. I ain't sellin'. 291 00:27:07,824 --> 00:27:09,983 It's not worth $100. You said so yourself. 292 00:27:10,367 --> 00:27:12,277 He's got those boats in dry dock. 293 00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:14,327 He needs the damn thing. 294 00:27:14,830 --> 00:27:17,867 Ain't that the point in AA, helpin' out your buddies? 295 00:27:19,043 --> 00:27:20,323 'Helpin' out. ' 296 00:27:20,502 --> 00:27:21,913 Shit. 297 00:27:26,425 --> 00:27:29,794 Besides, if I get that thing runnin', it's worth $250 a month. 298 00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:36,172 Goddamn it! The soda's warm! 299 00:27:36,310 --> 00:27:40,176 I only got home a half hour ago. It went in first thing. 300 00:27:40,563 --> 00:27:43,054 It's hard enough drinkin' this stuff cold. 301 00:27:49,447 --> 00:27:51,155 What's so fuckin' funny? 302 00:27:52,324 --> 00:27:54,068 Your pants. 303 00:27:54,368 --> 00:27:56,693 They're split clear the way up. 304 00:27:59,456 --> 00:28:01,449 Well, ain't that a scream! 305 00:28:04,545 --> 00:28:07,214 You're pretty goddamn frisky all of a sudden, Dolores. 306 00:28:10,591 --> 00:28:14,755 Let me guess. I'll bet that Vera Donovan's got a whole freezer full of soda. 307 00:28:16,556 --> 00:28:19,592 Take them off. I'll mend them after supper. 308 00:28:19,767 --> 00:28:21,392 What's the deal? 309 00:28:21,477 --> 00:28:25,226 You kiss that rich summer ass all day long, you got nothin' left for me. 310 00:28:27,108 --> 00:28:30,559 Just remember, your father used to scrape my old man's boat... 311 00:28:30,736 --> 00:28:33,358 ...so don't be gettin' high and mighty on me. 312 00:28:33,739 --> 00:28:36,989 If you still had the boats, we wouldn't need the extra money. 313 00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:46,995 Looky here. 314 00:28:55,134 --> 00:28:56,926 A big old smiley moon. 315 00:28:57,345 --> 00:28:58,804 This is just for you. 316 00:28:59,639 --> 00:29:01,181 Want to see the dark side? 317 00:29:01,641 --> 00:29:03,633 Yeah, I guess it is pretty funny. 318 00:29:08,772 --> 00:29:12,022 I hope you haven't been walkin' around like that all day long. 319 00:29:16,821 --> 00:29:18,814 Why the hell'd you make me do it? 320 00:29:50,353 --> 00:29:53,105 14 times 4 equals 28? 321 00:29:55,066 --> 00:29:56,311 Go on. 322 00:29:56,484 --> 00:29:57,943 Sure it is. It's 14. 323 00:29:58,028 --> 00:29:59,107 It's not! 324 00:29:59,195 --> 00:30:00,310 You take 14... 325 00:30:00,405 --> 00:30:02,528 ...you bend it till it snaps in half... 326 00:30:06,494 --> 00:30:08,486 Could I have another, with raisins? 327 00:30:08,620 --> 00:30:11,076 Not till after dinner. 328 00:30:11,623 --> 00:30:15,158 - You were right about that real cream. - He loved the raisins. 329 00:30:15,585 --> 00:30:17,874 He said it's my best ever. 330 00:30:18,213 --> 00:30:20,004 Mom, the cabbage. 331 00:30:20,173 --> 00:30:22,332 Move it off the heat for me, will ya? 332 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:24,506 I'm just... 333 00:30:25,846 --> 00:30:27,838 I'm just resting here a minute. 334 00:30:28,223 --> 00:30:29,717 That's right. 335 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:33,101 She run her mouth off till she got tuckered out. 336 00:30:35,897 --> 00:30:37,604 Plum tuckered out. 337 00:30:43,862 --> 00:30:45,025 Mom? 338 00:30:45,739 --> 00:30:47,566 Do you want me to set the table? 339 00:30:50,202 --> 00:30:52,241 That'd be nice. Thank you, dear. 340 00:31:01,546 --> 00:31:04,381 Stay tuned now for Walter Cronkite. 341 00:31:05,925 --> 00:31:11,167 Each girl is representing a lifeguard station up the length ofAlquinin Beach. 342 00:31:11,764 --> 00:31:14,337 'Algonquin,' you goddamn flylander. 343 00:31:24,443 --> 00:31:27,942 Damn it, that better not be one of my mother's dishes. 344 00:31:30,782 --> 00:31:33,238 You ought to take a look at this. 345 00:31:34,244 --> 00:31:37,410 You might want to see what an ass is supposed to look like. 346 00:31:38,372 --> 00:31:40,080 Them guys on the boat... 347 00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:41,578 ...always talking... 348 00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:44,668 ...everybody saying what a looker you are. 349 00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:48,088 You know what I do? I come right to your defense. 350 00:31:48,424 --> 00:31:53,002 I say, 'Shit, she may be ugly now, but you should've seen her when I was drinkin'.' 351 00:31:59,977 --> 00:32:02,978 My mother warned me you'd let yourself go. 352 00:32:04,315 --> 00:32:06,520 Fat ass, lousy cooking... 353 00:32:08,776 --> 00:32:10,603 ...running that goddamn mouth- 354 00:32:13,489 --> 00:32:15,897 Guess what, Joe? I ain't tired anymore. 355 00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:20,654 You better sit back down, if you don't want this in your head. 356 00:32:21,622 --> 00:32:22,701 Mommy? 357 00:32:27,044 --> 00:32:28,538 Go on back to bed, honey. 358 00:32:28,671 --> 00:32:31,707 Your father and I are just having a little discussion here. 359 00:32:32,299 --> 00:32:33,877 Is everything all right? 360 00:32:34,134 --> 00:32:35,213 Yeah. 361 00:32:35,718 --> 00:32:36,963 Isn't it, Joe? 362 00:32:39,222 --> 00:32:41,049 Right as rain. 363 00:32:42,141 --> 00:32:43,636 You go ahead, honey. 364 00:32:43,977 --> 00:32:45,387 Go on back to bed now. 365 00:32:45,853 --> 00:32:46,802 Daddy? 366 00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:48,224 Go on. 367 00:32:54,987 --> 00:32:56,647 Oh, bitch... 368 00:32:56,948 --> 00:32:59,652 ...ain't you gonna get a payback. 369 00:33:04,621 --> 00:33:07,491 Go on. All I ask is that you do it quick. 370 00:33:07,749 --> 00:33:09,991 Don't let Selena see the mess once it's over. 371 00:33:10,085 --> 00:33:13,085 You want to run me down? You go right ahead. 372 00:33:13,379 --> 00:33:16,167 You can be as mean and hurtful as you want. 373 00:33:16,341 --> 00:33:19,425 But this is the last time you will ever hit me. 374 00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:21,845 You do it again... 375 00:33:22,513 --> 00:33:25,004 ...one of us is going to the bone yard. 376 00:33:29,771 --> 00:33:32,344 Well, make yourself useful, woman. 377 00:33:33,356 --> 00:33:35,515 Bring me a towel for my head! 378 00:33:35,984 --> 00:33:38,356 I'm bleeding all over my goddamn shirt! 379 00:33:53,043 --> 00:33:55,616 That was one lesson he got the first time. 380 00:33:56,171 --> 00:33:57,795 Maybe the only one. 381 00:34:02,302 --> 00:34:04,044 It's been a long day. 382 00:34:05,053 --> 00:34:06,548 You must be tired. 383 00:34:08,098 --> 00:34:09,889 What do you want me to say? 384 00:34:10,559 --> 00:34:12,219 'Thanks for sharing?' 385 00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:48,925 Been looking all over for you. 386 00:34:50,138 --> 00:34:51,930 It's as cold as Christmas. 387 00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:54,093 What are you doing? 388 00:34:54,601 --> 00:34:56,179 I couldn't sleep. 389 00:34:58,021 --> 00:34:59,681 Catch your death out here. 390 00:35:00,524 --> 00:35:02,183 Tell me about Plan B. 391 00:35:02,358 --> 00:35:04,765 I want you to tell me you've got a plan, Mother. 392 00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:07,434 If it's about money, it shouldn't be. 393 00:35:08,656 --> 00:35:10,779 I've got my sociable security. 394 00:35:11,116 --> 00:35:13,442 I can still work. I don't need much. 395 00:35:13,535 --> 00:35:14,911 You need a lawyer. 396 00:35:14,995 --> 00:35:18,364 These guys don't say 'get an attorney' unless they mean it. 397 00:35:20,125 --> 00:35:22,367 It's you I'm worried about, Selena. 398 00:35:23,295 --> 00:35:25,371 Let's not get off track here. 399 00:35:28,467 --> 00:35:29,961 You're my daughter. 400 00:35:31,219 --> 00:35:34,884 I know that probably feels like something better left alone, but it's true. 401 00:35:36,182 --> 00:35:37,724 You're still my Selena. 402 00:35:37,975 --> 00:35:41,558 You're still my good girl. I can't help but be worried for you. 403 00:35:41,729 --> 00:35:43,887 My God, your hands. 404 00:35:46,150 --> 00:35:47,395 Scary. 405 00:35:53,908 --> 00:35:56,149 I guess if you want to know somebody's life... 406 00:35:56,952 --> 00:35:58,744 ...you look at their hands. 407 00:36:06,544 --> 00:36:10,079 That's what 22 years of Vera Donovan will do to you. 408 00:36:15,678 --> 00:36:18,595 Mrs. Donovan, I promise there won't be any boys. 409 00:36:18,681 --> 00:36:20,258 You're excused, Susan. 410 00:36:20,558 --> 00:36:22,016 But Mrs. Donovan, please! 411 00:36:22,101 --> 00:36:24,508 Kook on the bright side, dear. 412 00:36:24,603 --> 00:36:27,011 You may not have gotten the job... 413 00:36:27,189 --> 00:36:29,762 ...but think what fun you'll have telling friends... 414 00:36:29,858 --> 00:36:31,980 ...what a bitch Vera Donovan is. 415 00:36:35,613 --> 00:36:36,692 Next! 416 00:36:41,953 --> 00:36:44,325 I've been working since I was 13 years old. 417 00:36:44,414 --> 00:36:48,791 Started by housekeeping in a hotel. By the time I left there and high school... 418 00:36:48,876 --> 00:36:51,711 ...I was cleaning three floors all by myself. 419 00:36:52,547 --> 00:36:55,713 I took care of my father's house after my mother passed on. 420 00:36:56,008 --> 00:36:57,965 I'm married and I have a daughter. 421 00:36:58,552 --> 00:37:02,051 This is a big house, but I'm a big woman, and I can do a good job. 422 00:37:02,138 --> 00:37:05,638 I do not pretend to be an easy woman to work for. 423 00:37:08,144 --> 00:37:09,638 'Dolores. ' 424 00:37:13,233 --> 00:37:15,521 This house has a number of rules. 425 00:37:16,319 --> 00:37:18,608 I'm sure you've heard them second-hand. 426 00:37:18,905 --> 00:37:20,944 But I'll tell you in person... 427 00:37:21,157 --> 00:37:24,193 ...so we can avoid a teary scene later on. 428 00:37:24,744 --> 00:37:28,823 I like all the windows open every day for at least two hours... 429 00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:32,166 She did have her ways, did she ever. 430 00:37:32,918 --> 00:37:36,536 I don't know where she got them, but I know she was a prisoner of them. 431 00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:38,421 The silver has to be checked and... 432 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:42,634 ...cleaned every week. It may look clean to you, but I like to see my face in it. 433 00:37:43,678 --> 00:37:47,676 The tubs had to be scrubbed out every day with vinegar and baking soda. 434 00:37:47,974 --> 00:37:50,014 Tablecloths, napkins, handkerchiefs... 435 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:52,717 ...everything hand-washed, ironed and starched. 436 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:56,097 Mildew was grounds for firing. 437 00:37:56,524 --> 00:37:59,310 The sheets. Now, that was one thing you didn't... 438 00:37:59,401 --> 00:38:01,275 ...ever want to get wrong. 439 00:38:01,361 --> 00:38:03,817 You could've cut off her high-flown snobbish nose... 440 00:38:03,905 --> 00:38:06,859 ...and she'd still smell a sheet that had hung outside... 441 00:38:06,950 --> 00:38:08,610 ...from one baked in the dryer. 442 00:38:10,037 --> 00:38:12,029 Excuse me, Mr. Donovan. 443 00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:14,448 Do you have to do that now? 444 00:38:14,916 --> 00:38:16,114 Talk to the Missus. 445 00:38:16,209 --> 00:38:17,538 Her husband... 446 00:38:17,711 --> 00:38:18,873 ...Jack. 447 00:38:19,212 --> 00:38:21,121 He only came up once all summer. 448 00:38:21,298 --> 00:38:23,789 Most of which he spent ignoring her anyway. 449 00:38:24,301 --> 00:38:27,301 She could've easily had the clothesline near the house. 450 00:38:27,386 --> 00:38:29,711 But not Vera Donovan. No, ma'am. 451 00:38:29,972 --> 00:38:32,807 She had to have the south wind blowin' through her linens. 452 00:38:32,975 --> 00:38:36,972 And that meant trampin' up and down that hill twice a day when it was fair. 453 00:38:39,565 --> 00:38:41,937 Isn't this glorious, Jack? 454 00:38:46,488 --> 00:38:48,279 Six pins, Dolores! 455 00:38:48,991 --> 00:38:51,149 You know that's the way I like it. 456 00:38:51,576 --> 00:38:53,403 Six pins, not five! 457 00:38:56,414 --> 00:38:57,493 Jack? 458 00:38:58,082 --> 00:38:59,576 It's 4:30. 459 00:38:59,917 --> 00:39:01,744 Don't you want a cocktail? 460 00:39:08,258 --> 00:39:10,928 Three square meals of bitchery all summer long... 461 00:39:11,011 --> 00:39:13,383 ...but I kept my head down and my mouth shut. 462 00:39:13,472 --> 00:39:15,381 Every week that $40 went in the bank. 463 00:39:15,808 --> 00:39:18,096 There wasn't a damn thing she could say about it. 464 00:39:18,185 --> 00:39:19,264 Thanks a lot. 465 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,596 As much as she crabbed that whole summer... 466 00:39:21,688 --> 00:39:24,689 ...I must have done something right. Come Kabor Day... 467 00:39:26,317 --> 00:39:29,686 I'm sure your winter schedule is rather hectic... 468 00:39:30,154 --> 00:39:33,321 ...but I need someone to touch up the house once a week. 469 00:39:33,824 --> 00:39:34,939 Dusting. 470 00:39:35,242 --> 00:39:36,867 Keeping the mice company. 471 00:39:37,536 --> 00:39:39,114 I could do that for you. 472 00:39:40,539 --> 00:39:41,737 $12 a week was... 473 00:39:41,832 --> 00:39:43,576 ...what I had in mind. 474 00:39:45,961 --> 00:39:47,206 That'd be fine. 475 00:39:48,547 --> 00:39:50,955 I'll see you next Memorial Day. 476 00:39:57,597 --> 00:39:59,589 That winter, Jack Donovan passed on. 477 00:40:00,266 --> 00:40:02,389 He died in a car crash in Maryland. 478 00:40:02,768 --> 00:40:05,224 I wasn't sure what to expect from Vera. 479 00:40:05,479 --> 00:40:07,768 Gorry if she didn't show up in high spirits. 480 00:40:09,233 --> 00:40:11,807 I believe I told you more than once... 481 00:40:12,153 --> 00:40:15,735 ...I want the welcome mats with the letters facing out and not in. 482 00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:16,986 Yes, ma'am. 483 00:40:17,074 --> 00:40:18,901 She'd sold her place in Baltimore. 484 00:40:19,326 --> 00:40:21,652 She was moving up permanent. 485 00:40:22,455 --> 00:40:24,577 Get that out of here and put that there. 486 00:40:24,748 --> 00:40:27,417 And take away this disgusting sofa. 487 00:40:27,584 --> 00:40:30,584 It took two days to load in her majesty's palace. 488 00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:34,165 She offered me full time and I took it. I took it. 489 00:40:34,590 --> 00:40:36,583 I knew what kind of hell it would be. 490 00:40:37,593 --> 00:40:40,594 Hell ain't something you get thrown into overnight. 491 00:40:41,013 --> 00:40:43,302 The real hell comes on you as slow... 492 00:40:43,391 --> 00:40:45,763 ...and steady as a line of wet winter sheets. 493 00:40:46,435 --> 00:40:48,594 Snot leaking offyour nose. 494 00:40:48,771 --> 00:40:50,645 Your hands so cold and raw... 495 00:40:50,773 --> 00:40:52,682 ...you start wishing they'd go numb. 496 00:40:52,775 --> 00:40:55,265 It's only December. You know by February... 497 00:40:55,402 --> 00:41:00,277 ...the skin's gonna be cracked so bad, it'll break open and bleed ifyou clench a fist. 498 00:41:00,448 --> 00:41:01,777 But you go to the next... 499 00:41:01,866 --> 00:41:05,864 ...and the next and before you know it, those sheets stretch out 20 years. 500 00:41:05,954 --> 00:41:07,946 Nobody made you stay there. 501 00:41:08,122 --> 00:41:11,871 - I needed the money. - Not in the beginning, not $40 a week. 502 00:41:12,126 --> 00:41:14,036 That's when I needed it the most. 503 00:41:14,128 --> 00:41:16,204 Not for me, for you. 504 00:41:16,798 --> 00:41:18,292 That's perfect. 505 00:41:18,466 --> 00:41:19,877 So it's my fault. 506 00:41:20,134 --> 00:41:23,254 You think your father cared if you ever got off this island? 507 00:41:23,346 --> 00:41:24,969 Here we go. 508 00:41:25,138 --> 00:41:26,549 I put that money... 509 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,557 ...every week, I put it away in your account... 510 00:41:29,726 --> 00:41:30,971 ...for school. 511 00:41:31,144 --> 00:41:33,813 To get you out of this place, once and for all. 512 00:41:35,065 --> 00:41:37,057 Well, it worked like a charm. 513 00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:38,562 Hello, ladies. 514 00:41:39,944 --> 00:41:41,403 A little morning walk? 515 00:41:41,488 --> 00:41:42,483 Nope. 516 00:41:42,572 --> 00:41:46,321 Just packing up the speed boat so as I can make my big escape. 517 00:41:46,743 --> 00:41:48,735 Something we can help you with? 518 00:41:51,539 --> 00:41:52,998 We need a hair sample. 519 00:41:53,498 --> 00:41:54,578 How was that? 520 00:41:54,666 --> 00:41:57,620 We need a piece of your hair. We're running some tests. 521 00:41:58,587 --> 00:42:00,496 - Are you now? - Just a strand. 522 00:42:00,589 --> 00:42:02,498 I think we'll take a pass on that. 523 00:42:02,591 --> 00:42:03,587 Look... 524 00:42:03,675 --> 00:42:05,715 ...right now it's voluntary. 525 00:42:05,886 --> 00:42:07,925 I'd appreciate it, is all. 526 00:42:08,096 --> 00:42:09,721 Bring your scissors, did you? 527 00:42:09,848 --> 00:42:11,840 I said we'll pass. 528 00:42:12,767 --> 00:42:15,009 I'll have a warrant here this afternoon. 529 00:42:16,271 --> 00:42:17,599 You want it... 530 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:19,850 ...you cut it. 531 00:42:21,443 --> 00:42:23,849 Actually, I need to pull it. 532 00:42:25,112 --> 00:42:26,487 We need the root. 533 00:42:33,412 --> 00:42:34,692 Go on. 534 00:42:34,788 --> 00:42:36,366 Take what you want. 535 00:42:37,457 --> 00:42:40,411 I ain't doing any beauty pageants this week. 536 00:42:49,970 --> 00:42:51,797 - Anything else? - Mother, enough. 537 00:42:52,055 --> 00:42:55,138 We spoke to Sheila Jolander last night. 538 00:42:55,266 --> 00:42:59,559 She said she'd heard you more than once threaten to kill Vera Donovan. 539 00:42:59,895 --> 00:43:01,306 Is that true? 540 00:43:02,231 --> 00:43:05,647 If she'd come every day not once a week, she'd have heard more. 541 00:43:05,734 --> 00:43:08,059 - Get in the house. - Vera, at the end... 542 00:43:08,153 --> 00:43:11,522 ...the way she got, it's a wonder I didn't say it every hour. 543 00:43:13,659 --> 00:43:16,066 You go ahead, Mr. Mackey. 544 00:43:16,328 --> 00:43:18,784 You scribble that down in your pad there. 545 00:43:19,248 --> 00:43:21,039 You make a note on that. 546 00:43:21,208 --> 00:43:24,492 As long as you write down that saying a thing and doing it... 547 00:43:24,585 --> 00:43:26,494 ...are two separate things. 548 00:43:27,922 --> 00:43:30,164 But, your wife probably already told you that. 549 00:43:30,257 --> 00:43:31,965 Dolores, that's enough. 550 00:43:36,263 --> 00:43:37,757 My wife... 551 00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:39,807 ...Ms. Claiborne... 552 00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,888 ...died 12 years ago of bone cancer. 553 00:43:46,106 --> 00:43:47,980 Natural causes. 554 00:43:51,944 --> 00:43:54,614 Okay, I guess we'll press on here. 555 00:44:01,662 --> 00:44:02,777 Frank. 556 00:44:03,164 --> 00:44:05,037 I want to get into Vera's. 557 00:44:05,207 --> 00:44:08,292 I got things up there I need. Clothes and my personals. 558 00:44:08,377 --> 00:44:12,126 We can go over tomorrow. We're shipping out Vera's body this afternoon. 559 00:44:12,298 --> 00:44:13,756 Fine by me. 560 00:44:16,218 --> 00:44:18,626 What the hell did I just see? 561 00:44:20,222 --> 00:44:23,721 That's the last guy in the world you want to make an enemy out of. 562 00:44:24,309 --> 00:44:26,716 I ain't making one, I'm keeping one. 563 00:44:26,811 --> 00:44:29,384 What is that supposed to mean? 564 00:44:31,482 --> 00:44:33,973 You're gonna tell me you don't remember him? 565 00:44:39,991 --> 00:44:42,742 That's all well and good, Miss St. George... 566 00:44:43,077 --> 00:44:46,244 ...but you told me that at the time of your father's death... 567 00:44:46,330 --> 00:44:50,031 ...you were working as a maid in a hotel at Jonesport. 568 00:44:51,334 --> 00:44:52,497 Yes. 569 00:44:52,919 --> 00:44:53,915 Well... 570 00:44:54,003 --> 00:44:55,498 ...Mrs. Devereaux... 571 00:44:56,589 --> 00:44:58,167 ...at the hotel... 572 00:44:59,175 --> 00:45:00,504 Remember? 573 00:45:02,178 --> 00:45:03,838 Mrs. Devereaux said... 574 00:45:04,097 --> 00:45:06,255 ...she was surprised to see you. 575 00:45:06,474 --> 00:45:10,970 She said your mom was pretty strict about not letting you spend the night there. 576 00:45:12,105 --> 00:45:13,599 Isn't that true? 577 00:45:15,691 --> 00:45:17,186 I guess. 578 00:45:21,446 --> 00:45:24,780 So why did she let you stay on that particular weekend? 579 00:45:31,164 --> 00:45:33,370 Problems at home, perhaps? 580 00:45:34,876 --> 00:45:36,869 Your mom and dad... 581 00:45:37,295 --> 00:45:39,288 ...is that a happy situation? 582 00:45:39,464 --> 00:45:41,124 Miss St. George? 583 00:45:41,466 --> 00:45:43,043 The eclipse. 584 00:45:46,804 --> 00:45:49,888 Because of the eclipse, the hotel was full. 585 00:45:50,474 --> 00:45:52,383 So the money... 586 00:45:52,976 --> 00:45:55,645 They said that we'd make twice as much. 587 00:45:58,815 --> 00:46:00,974 So this was all about money? 588 00:46:02,486 --> 00:46:04,312 My mom let me stay. 589 00:46:05,238 --> 00:46:08,073 They said that we'd make twice as much. 590 00:46:09,826 --> 00:46:11,404 So your father... 591 00:46:11,745 --> 00:46:13,821 ...that was just a coincidence, was it? 592 00:46:13,913 --> 00:46:16,155 How long are you gonna let this go on? 593 00:46:16,249 --> 00:46:19,664 The sooner she starts telling the truth, the sooner we'll be done. 594 00:46:19,752 --> 00:46:23,334 If he's out to torture someone, I'd be happy to get back in the hot seat. 595 00:46:23,589 --> 00:46:28,049 Anybody who accuses me of killing my husband, go ahead and call me Dolores. 596 00:46:33,348 --> 00:46:36,717 Detective Mackey, you understand, he's just doing his job. 597 00:46:37,102 --> 00:46:39,225 Trying to turn an accident into a murder? 598 00:46:39,312 --> 00:46:43,013 Making a girl who just lost her father cry her eyes out every night? 599 00:46:43,108 --> 00:46:46,643 If that's just doing his job then you'd better put him down for overtime. 600 00:46:46,736 --> 00:46:48,443 All right, let's split them up. 601 00:46:49,446 --> 00:46:50,857 Slow down, John. 602 00:46:51,031 --> 00:46:53,902 Five minutes, alone, without her. 603 00:46:55,202 --> 00:46:56,447 Enough, John. 604 00:46:56,537 --> 00:46:58,280 I only need five minutes! 605 00:46:58,789 --> 00:47:00,200 I said, 'Enough. ' 606 00:47:11,635 --> 00:47:14,387 So don't be talkin' to me about makin' enemies. 607 00:47:14,471 --> 00:47:16,345 No, sir. No, ma'am. 608 00:47:17,807 --> 00:47:21,472 That son of a bitch has been waitin' a long time to pick over my bones. 609 00:47:23,562 --> 00:47:24,807 Hand me that ax. 610 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,524 Just look at this window. Little piss squirts! 611 00:47:30,152 --> 00:47:33,901 I ought to call their parents and have them come over and pay for it. 612 00:47:35,324 --> 00:47:37,317 Now I gotta go buy glass and... 613 00:47:37,409 --> 00:47:39,485 ...putty and God knows what else. 614 00:47:40,996 --> 00:47:43,783 Could have burned down the whole goddamn house. 615 00:47:50,671 --> 00:47:53,376 I thought the malpractice story was the most important. 616 00:47:53,466 --> 00:47:55,755 If you'd left the number I'd have called yesterday. 617 00:47:55,843 --> 00:47:57,670 Yeah, right. Kook. 618 00:47:57,762 --> 00:48:00,169 The radiologist I told you about... 619 00:48:00,306 --> 00:48:02,097 ...he got cold feet. 620 00:48:02,433 --> 00:48:04,758 But, the intern, Levitt... 621 00:48:05,102 --> 00:48:06,478 ...he's a talker. 622 00:48:06,687 --> 00:48:09,356 I thought you were going up there to see your mother? 623 00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,441 It's a small domestic drama up here, Peter. 624 00:48:12,610 --> 00:48:14,104 I can be in Phoenix Tuesday. 625 00:48:14,195 --> 00:48:15,274 It'll be over Monday. 626 00:48:15,362 --> 00:48:17,437 Family things, I've been through it. 627 00:48:17,530 --> 00:48:18,775 They take a lot. 628 00:48:18,865 --> 00:48:22,198 I am telling you, it's not a problem. 629 00:48:22,869 --> 00:48:27,447 We both want me to do this story. I'm out of here Monday at the latest. 630 00:48:27,957 --> 00:48:29,285 You want a wet dream? 631 00:48:29,375 --> 00:48:31,700 Wait till I tell you what Kevitt said. 632 00:48:34,463 --> 00:48:35,792 Are you there? 633 00:48:38,134 --> 00:48:39,961 I gave the piece to Maureen. 634 00:48:43,389 --> 00:48:47,635 Kook, I'm sorry. I couldn't wait. The magazine has to be first on this. 635 00:48:47,726 --> 00:48:50,395 It has nothing to do with you, you know that. 636 00:48:51,396 --> 00:48:53,768 So, I guess you're fucking Maureen now? 637 00:48:53,898 --> 00:48:55,974 Nice try. Come on, Selena. 638 00:48:56,067 --> 00:48:57,810 You couldn't tell me to my face? 639 00:48:57,902 --> 00:48:59,610 Look, I never promised you- 640 00:48:59,821 --> 00:49:01,280 You goddamn pimp. 641 00:49:01,447 --> 00:49:04,235 - Careful. - I need this story, Peter. 642 00:49:05,243 --> 00:49:07,912 There are other stories, better stories. 643 00:49:08,162 --> 00:49:10,653 Bullshit. This was the one. 644 00:49:11,707 --> 00:49:12,703 It's over. 645 00:49:12,792 --> 00:49:14,369 Selena, it doesn't have to be- 646 00:49:20,590 --> 00:49:22,250 I'll do this again. 647 00:49:37,190 --> 00:49:40,606 Shouldn't you be off somewhere analyzing my mother's hair? 648 00:49:41,736 --> 00:49:45,104 Well, I was thinking how hard it must be for you. 649 00:49:46,031 --> 00:49:48,024 Protecting her like this. 650 00:49:50,535 --> 00:49:54,615 She's a hearty soul, isn't she? Might just live another 50 years. 651 00:49:56,708 --> 00:50:01,169 Next eclipse is due in '96. If she gets away with it this time... 652 00:50:01,463 --> 00:50:04,250 ...she might actually have another chance to... 653 00:50:04,633 --> 00:50:07,717 ...kill again, before she's through. 654 00:50:10,055 --> 00:50:12,724 Is that something you want on your conscience? 655 00:50:17,895 --> 00:50:20,053 I had a problem with that myself. 656 00:50:22,316 --> 00:50:26,776 You know, we're probably more alike than you'd care to believe. 657 00:50:31,074 --> 00:50:32,568 We live alone... 658 00:50:32,826 --> 00:50:34,237 ...no children. 659 00:50:34,494 --> 00:50:37,495 We have our work. My cases are my family. 660 00:50:37,914 --> 00:50:42,161 In 30 years, I've handled 86 homicides. I've closed 85 of them... 661 00:50:43,253 --> 00:50:44,995 ...to my satisfaction. 662 00:50:46,672 --> 00:50:48,914 I underestimated your mother. 663 00:50:51,010 --> 00:50:52,504 It won't happen again. 664 00:50:58,434 --> 00:51:00,889 You sent that fax to my office... 665 00:51:02,604 --> 00:51:03,849 ...didn't you? 666 00:51:06,358 --> 00:51:08,564 'For God will bring every work into judgment... 667 00:51:08,652 --> 00:51:10,941 '... with every secret thing... 668 00:51:11,113 --> 00:51:13,519 '... whether it be good or evil. ' 669 00:51:15,533 --> 00:51:17,276 You son of a bitch. 670 00:51:17,451 --> 00:51:19,776 Vera Donovan's on my head. 671 00:51:20,955 --> 00:51:22,864 The next one's on yours. 672 00:51:36,470 --> 00:51:38,048 You know, Selena... 673 00:51:39,223 --> 00:51:41,132 ...I can't help remembering... 674 00:51:42,558 --> 00:51:44,551 ...you were a wonderful cook. 675 00:51:46,062 --> 00:51:46,975 Please. 676 00:51:47,063 --> 00:51:48,308 You were. 677 00:51:49,732 --> 00:51:51,392 I can't even defrost. 678 00:51:51,567 --> 00:51:54,141 You put supper on the table three nights out of five. 679 00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,312 I was working, I'd come back... 680 00:51:56,656 --> 00:52:00,107 ...you'd have the house clean, homework done and food on the table. 681 00:52:05,164 --> 00:52:07,571 You're just out of practice, that's all. 682 00:52:10,669 --> 00:52:13,586 You'll find someone to look after. You'll see. 683 00:52:13,838 --> 00:52:15,498 It'll all come back to you. 684 00:52:17,133 --> 00:52:18,627 Someone to look after. 685 00:52:19,677 --> 00:52:21,337 You must have boyfriends. 686 00:52:21,637 --> 00:52:24,757 Beautiful girl like you, smart and out in the world. 687 00:52:30,438 --> 00:52:32,265 Are you tellin' me there's nobody? 688 00:52:34,191 --> 00:52:36,647 I'm telling you there's a lot of nobodies. 689 00:52:44,868 --> 00:52:46,528 Friggin' yahoos. 690 00:52:47,495 --> 00:52:49,287 Come on out here, Dolores! 691 00:52:51,583 --> 00:52:53,291 Friggin' little bastards. 692 00:52:53,418 --> 00:52:56,952 Get off the island, you goddamn murdering bitch! 693 00:52:57,130 --> 00:53:00,380 Come on down here, you little ass-picking squirts. 694 00:53:00,466 --> 00:53:03,800 How many people are you gonna kill before they put you away? 695 00:53:04,470 --> 00:53:07,637 Come on! Come on, you little chickens! 696 00:53:07,807 --> 00:53:09,515 Going to jail this time! 697 00:53:10,268 --> 00:53:11,891 I know who you are. 698 00:53:12,060 --> 00:53:15,643 Chester Lavelier and the rest of you. Come on down here. 699 00:53:15,730 --> 00:53:17,557 You got something to say to me? 700 00:53:17,649 --> 00:53:19,974 They're gonna put you in the chair! 701 00:53:46,872 --> 00:53:48,366 What are you doin'? 702 00:53:50,709 --> 00:53:52,369 What does it look like? 703 00:53:52,461 --> 00:53:54,868 Selena, you've been drinkin'. 704 00:53:55,380 --> 00:53:56,874 No shit. 705 00:53:57,466 --> 00:53:59,209 I wish you wouldn't. 706 00:54:00,469 --> 00:54:01,879 Look at me. 707 00:54:02,387 --> 00:54:05,222 Look at me. You see how I am right now? 708 00:54:08,101 --> 00:54:09,927 What good is that gonna do? 709 00:54:10,436 --> 00:54:12,227 Because in 10 minutes... 710 00:54:12,313 --> 00:54:14,305 ...I'm going to be fine. 711 00:54:15,190 --> 00:54:17,266 Just give me 10 minutes. 712 00:54:24,992 --> 00:54:27,198 Just give me 10 minutes! 713 00:54:32,416 --> 00:54:33,661 God! 714 00:54:42,258 --> 00:54:43,752 I saw your father last night. 715 00:54:43,843 --> 00:54:46,416 Did you help your ma kill your dad? 716 00:54:47,137 --> 00:54:48,169 Murderer! 717 00:54:54,269 --> 00:54:55,432 Who is this? 718 00:54:55,771 --> 00:54:57,016 You fat, ugly cow! 719 00:54:57,106 --> 00:55:01,602 When I find out who this is, I'll hang your privates from Battiscan Light! 720 00:55:01,777 --> 00:55:03,105 Selena, stop that! 721 00:55:04,655 --> 00:55:06,731 Honey, it's gonna be all right. 722 00:55:06,949 --> 00:55:08,111 It won't. 723 00:55:10,618 --> 00:55:13,370 - My God! - Get away! 724 00:55:21,754 --> 00:55:23,213 It was a bad patch. 725 00:55:24,131 --> 00:55:27,880 You had a bad patch, and now you're feeling it all over again. 726 00:55:27,968 --> 00:55:29,760 Bad patch? 727 00:55:30,554 --> 00:55:33,306 I had a fucking nervous breakdown, Mother. 728 00:55:33,474 --> 00:55:35,217 Don't say words like that. 729 00:55:36,477 --> 00:55:39,014 It was a hard time. You got through it. 730 00:55:39,937 --> 00:55:42,642 Oh, what am I doing? 731 00:55:44,776 --> 00:55:46,934 You just needed a rest, that's all. 732 00:55:47,028 --> 00:55:49,316 You snapped out of it just fine. 733 00:55:53,492 --> 00:55:55,200 You can't have one of those... 734 00:55:55,286 --> 00:55:58,406 ...and get a full scholarship to Vassar College. 735 00:55:58,956 --> 00:56:00,415 It was just a bad patch. 736 00:56:00,750 --> 00:56:03,667 I must have been out of my mind to come back here. 737 00:56:13,469 --> 00:56:15,592 Here! Over here! 738 00:56:16,514 --> 00:56:18,341 What did you do to him? 739 00:56:18,433 --> 00:56:20,390 Nothing, baby. I promise. 740 00:56:20,893 --> 00:56:22,138 Shit! Look at this! 741 00:56:38,952 --> 00:56:40,327 Fuck! 742 00:56:40,537 --> 00:56:42,197 Goddamn it! 743 00:57:08,939 --> 00:57:11,430 Selena, let me take these from you here. 744 00:57:12,234 --> 00:57:14,226 Dolores, I'll take you upstairs. 745 00:57:14,528 --> 00:57:15,986 I'm gonna ask you to... 746 00:57:16,112 --> 00:57:18,568 ...step very carefully on the way up. 747 00:57:18,740 --> 00:57:21,065 Still taking blood samples here. 748 00:57:21,368 --> 00:57:23,360 If you feel more comfortable... 749 00:57:23,453 --> 00:57:25,909 ...you can always use the back stairs. 750 00:57:32,921 --> 00:57:36,869 John, is it all right if we go upstairs and get her things? 751 00:57:36,965 --> 00:57:38,376 Go on. 752 00:57:38,884 --> 00:57:40,259 I'm sorry. 753 00:57:47,267 --> 00:57:50,185 He got a search warrant, so... 754 00:57:50,979 --> 00:57:54,265 ...had to go through it for evidence. Yep. 755 00:57:55,025 --> 00:57:56,602 It's pretty routine. 756 00:57:56,943 --> 00:57:59,019 Okay, let's get this over with. 757 00:58:01,072 --> 00:58:02,531 So... 758 00:58:02,908 --> 00:58:05,777 You can pack up and take anything that's not... 759 00:58:06,035 --> 00:58:07,908 ...bagged or tagged. 760 00:58:08,037 --> 00:58:10,029 I know that doesn't leave much. 761 00:58:10,956 --> 00:58:11,987 Sorry, Dolores. 762 00:58:15,544 --> 00:58:17,786 I'll give you a hand here. 763 00:58:35,563 --> 00:58:36,973 Dolores, is that it then? 764 00:58:37,148 --> 00:58:39,817 No. I got something in Vera's room. 765 00:58:39,984 --> 00:58:41,941 This room's off-limits. 766 00:58:46,448 --> 00:58:48,655 I'm still going through things here. 767 00:58:52,162 --> 00:58:53,822 Ms. Claiborne. 768 00:58:55,249 --> 00:58:56,328 What's this then? 769 00:58:56,542 --> 00:58:58,451 It's my scrapbook. 770 00:58:58,961 --> 00:59:00,669 It's Selena's articles. 771 00:59:01,505 --> 00:59:03,165 I'd read them to Vera. 772 00:59:10,096 --> 00:59:12,088 Almost got away with it, didn't she? 773 00:59:20,189 --> 00:59:22,514 I read that. That's good stuff. 774 00:59:22,691 --> 00:59:25,182 You really got him to open up there. 775 00:59:27,529 --> 00:59:28,988 Scholarship. 776 00:59:29,281 --> 00:59:30,610 Vassar. 777 00:59:30,699 --> 00:59:32,692 Very impressive. 778 00:59:52,428 --> 00:59:54,219 Jeezly crow. 779 00:59:59,310 --> 01:00:01,018 Couldn't you clean up after her? 780 01:00:01,103 --> 01:00:03,558 - What kind of people are you? - You put that back! 781 01:00:03,855 --> 01:00:05,682 You'll tell me this is evidence? 782 01:00:05,773 --> 01:00:09,107 - That's exactly what I'm telling you. - Dolores, you put that down. 783 01:00:11,738 --> 01:00:13,018 Goddamn it! 784 01:00:13,281 --> 01:00:16,566 I'm tryin' to do you a favor here and that's the way you act? 785 01:00:17,076 --> 01:00:20,528 I ain't leavin' here without my scrapbook. 786 01:00:22,832 --> 01:00:24,326 Sorry, John. 787 01:00:27,545 --> 01:00:30,665 I'll see you day after tomorrow, 9:00 a. m. at the town hall. 788 01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:33,590 Don't put your fur up, Frank. I'll be there. 789 01:00:35,176 --> 01:00:38,426 I have a feeling we could wrap this up right now. 790 01:00:38,680 --> 01:00:40,756 It's not gonna be like last time. 791 01:00:44,185 --> 01:00:45,264 Is that so? 792 01:00:45,478 --> 01:00:47,601 Let's just go. Okay? 793 01:00:49,357 --> 01:00:53,189 Now you listen to me, Mister Grand High Poobah of Upper Butt Crack. 794 01:00:53,361 --> 01:00:56,528 I'm just about half past give a shit with your fun and games. 795 01:00:56,614 --> 01:01:00,659 My husband's death was ruled an accident and you know it better than anyone. 796 01:01:00,785 --> 01:01:04,069 'Death by misadventure,' to be exact. 797 01:01:04,287 --> 01:01:06,446 I'm sure there's people who'd tell you... 798 01:01:06,540 --> 01:01:08,746 ...I had plenty of reasons to kill Joe. 799 01:01:08,834 --> 01:01:11,122 But Vera, why the hell would I kill her? 800 01:01:11,586 --> 01:01:13,413 All I am is out of a job... 801 01:01:13,838 --> 01:01:15,333 ...a nice room to sleep in. 802 01:01:15,632 --> 01:01:18,004 You don't need a job, do you? 803 01:01:18,885 --> 01:01:20,130 Motive? 804 01:01:21,137 --> 01:01:25,598 I'd say $1,600,000... 805 01:01:25,725 --> 01:01:27,219 ...is quite a motive. 806 01:01:27,811 --> 01:01:28,806 What? 807 01:01:28,895 --> 01:01:31,017 Your mother's a wealthy woman, Selena. 808 01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:37,393 What the hell are you talkin' about? 809 01:01:37,486 --> 01:01:40,403 I spoke to Vera's lawyer in Baltimore last night. 810 01:01:40,489 --> 01:01:41,402 John. 811 01:01:41,490 --> 01:01:43,731 - She left you everything. - Look, John- 812 01:01:43,867 --> 01:01:45,492 Every last cent. 813 01:01:47,662 --> 01:01:49,655 She can't do that. 814 01:01:51,666 --> 01:01:52,911 You're lyin'. 815 01:01:53,001 --> 01:01:54,994 You're a millionaire, Ms. Claiborne. 816 01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:56,665 Wait a minute. 817 01:01:57,005 --> 01:02:00,172 - This isn't the place to be bringing- - Back off. 818 01:02:00,633 --> 01:02:02,043 He's crazy. 819 01:02:03,010 --> 01:02:04,670 That's plain crazy. 820 01:02:07,347 --> 01:02:09,257 She'd never do that. 821 01:02:09,349 --> 01:02:11,971 Did she keep it a secret from you, too, Selena? 822 01:02:12,269 --> 01:02:14,511 Or maybe you knew about it. 823 01:02:15,189 --> 01:02:17,015 Because this will... 824 01:02:17,774 --> 01:02:19,185 I mean, hell... 825 01:02:19,318 --> 01:02:21,855 ...it's only eight years old. 826 01:02:23,864 --> 01:02:24,859 Frank! 827 01:02:27,075 --> 01:02:30,028 You want to wait for the District Attorney Monday morning? 828 01:02:30,119 --> 01:02:32,526 Or should we take care of this now? 829 01:02:44,842 --> 01:02:46,466 Get in the car, Mother. 830 01:02:48,971 --> 01:02:51,722 Get in the goddamn car! 831 01:03:03,567 --> 01:03:05,726 You had no idea she left you the money? 832 01:03:06,278 --> 01:03:07,358 I swear it. 833 01:03:07,738 --> 01:03:10,063 Over $1,000,000. 834 01:03:10,199 --> 01:03:13,532 That bitch. The malicious, high-flown, harpin' bitch! 835 01:03:13,619 --> 01:03:15,279 Cut the bullshit! 836 01:03:17,206 --> 01:03:19,033 You can afford a lawyer now. 837 01:03:25,756 --> 01:03:26,919 Car trouble? 838 01:03:27,132 --> 01:03:29,753 We're quite fine, thank you. 839 01:03:33,096 --> 01:03:34,839 I wish I had killed her. 840 01:03:36,098 --> 01:03:37,758 Leavin' me that money. 841 01:03:38,768 --> 01:03:40,725 I wish I had! 842 01:03:42,396 --> 01:03:44,270 I wish I had killed her! 843 01:03:56,535 --> 01:03:58,741 What happened in that house? 844 01:04:04,042 --> 01:04:05,536 Dolores. 845 01:04:14,135 --> 01:04:15,962 Hell's bells. 846 01:04:18,139 --> 01:04:19,419 Look who's up. 847 01:04:25,730 --> 01:04:27,805 I'm wet. 848 01:04:29,316 --> 01:04:30,774 What else is new? 849 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:33,308 How long this time? 850 01:04:34,154 --> 01:04:37,024 Since you last made sense? About two days, I guess. 851 01:04:37,282 --> 01:04:41,114 Just leave me wet, don't you? 852 01:04:41,995 --> 01:04:45,613 When I'm not thinking straight enough to keep on you. 853 01:04:48,043 --> 01:04:50,036 That's what you do... 854 01:04:50,212 --> 01:04:51,541 ...isn't it? 855 01:04:51,630 --> 01:04:55,628 Yeah, it's a regular party around here when you're snoozin'. 856 01:04:56,385 --> 01:04:58,839 Where's my china pig? 857 01:04:59,220 --> 01:05:02,554 There's only 200 of them around. Which one you want? 858 01:05:03,057 --> 01:05:06,058 Are you being smart? 859 01:05:06,269 --> 01:05:10,136 No, Vera. If I'd been smart, I'd have done workin' for you a long time ago. 860 01:05:10,231 --> 01:05:12,722 Let's see what you got left. 861 01:05:14,235 --> 01:05:17,604 Goddamn it! Are you gonna sit here and marinate in it? Come on. 862 01:05:20,157 --> 01:05:23,194 You're gonna get on this fanny pan one way or another. 863 01:05:23,369 --> 01:05:24,567 Come on. 864 01:05:26,163 --> 01:05:27,656 There we go. 865 01:05:29,749 --> 01:05:32,370 Your chariot awaits, Your Highness. 866 01:05:35,755 --> 01:05:37,878 Now hold on with your good arm. 867 01:05:38,007 --> 01:05:39,834 Hold on this time. 868 01:05:39,926 --> 01:05:41,753 Push with your good leg. 869 01:05:42,387 --> 01:05:45,174 I don't know why you make me do this. 870 01:05:49,060 --> 01:05:51,515 I hate this nightgown. 871 01:05:53,022 --> 01:05:56,188 Your days of silk and satin are over, Vera. 872 01:05:56,733 --> 01:05:59,189 From now on it's wash 'n' wear. 873 01:06:04,449 --> 01:06:06,157 You're poisoning me... 874 01:06:06,242 --> 01:06:07,986 ...aren't you, Dolores? 875 01:06:08,328 --> 01:06:09,703 Slow... 876 01:06:09,787 --> 01:06:11,198 ...but sure. 877 01:06:11,289 --> 01:06:13,163 That's what you're doing. 878 01:06:13,458 --> 01:06:14,738 No, ma'am. 879 01:06:14,876 --> 01:06:17,793 When I'm ready to settle your hash, I won't use poison. 880 01:06:17,879 --> 01:06:22,457 I'll just shove you out the window. There'll be one less smelly bitch in the world. 881 01:06:27,846 --> 01:06:30,052 Don't we have a hair... 882 01:06:30,140 --> 01:06:33,057 ...across our ass today. 883 01:06:33,143 --> 01:06:35,468 Dolores Claiborne. 884 01:06:39,316 --> 01:06:41,438 I want my china pig! 885 01:06:41,860 --> 01:06:44,232 Get off your royal duff and go and get it. 886 01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:46,230 We both know you can do it. 887 01:06:46,322 --> 01:06:47,485 Do you good. 888 01:06:47,657 --> 01:06:48,736 You need the exercise. 889 01:06:48,825 --> 01:06:50,485 What I need... 890 01:06:50,910 --> 01:06:54,741 ...is someone who'll do as they're told! 891 01:06:55,414 --> 01:06:56,908 Don't go too far, Vera. 892 01:06:57,165 --> 01:06:59,656 I'll go as far... 893 01:07:00,585 --> 01:07:03,255 ...as I damn well want! 894 01:07:04,631 --> 01:07:05,829 Yes. 895 01:07:06,383 --> 01:07:07,663 I will! 896 01:07:12,472 --> 01:07:14,014 If this... 897 01:07:14,432 --> 01:07:17,967 ...is what's going to pass as living... 898 01:07:19,354 --> 01:07:23,517 ...I'll damn well say what I want! 899 01:07:23,692 --> 01:07:26,526 'Oh, this little piggy had champagne. 900 01:07:26,777 --> 01:07:28,734 'This little piggy ate beans. ' 901 01:07:28,821 --> 01:07:31,312 I'll fix you some tea. You'll feel better. 902 01:07:31,532 --> 01:07:32,860 No! 903 01:07:32,950 --> 01:07:34,610 I won't. 904 01:07:37,454 --> 01:07:39,992 I won't feel better. 905 01:07:40,791 --> 01:07:42,867 I never will. 906 01:07:43,460 --> 01:07:46,627 I'll never feel better again. 907 01:08:52,109 --> 01:08:53,851 Oh, my God. 908 01:09:17,675 --> 01:09:19,632 What the hell are you doing? 909 01:09:21,804 --> 01:09:24,128 Get out of my way, Dolores. 910 01:09:24,639 --> 01:09:26,797 Where do you think you're going? 911 01:09:29,227 --> 01:09:31,469 What in God's name has gotten into you? 912 01:09:32,980 --> 01:09:35,602 Let go of me, Dolores! 913 01:09:38,903 --> 01:09:40,528 Leave me go! 914 01:09:58,463 --> 01:09:59,494 Oh, my God! 915 01:10:04,677 --> 01:10:06,220 Oh, my God. 916 01:10:07,472 --> 01:10:08,847 Don't try to talk. 917 01:10:09,766 --> 01:10:11,474 I'm going to go call the doctor. 918 01:10:11,726 --> 01:10:13,517 No doctor. 919 01:10:13,728 --> 01:10:14,843 No hospital. 920 01:10:14,979 --> 01:10:16,888 You're gonna be all right, Vera. 921 01:10:17,357 --> 01:10:20,441 You just lie still, don't move. 922 01:10:20,776 --> 01:10:22,519 You're gonna be fine. 923 01:10:24,362 --> 01:10:28,027 Dolores Claiborne says I'm gonna be fine. 924 01:10:28,909 --> 01:10:30,866 What a relief it is... 925 01:10:31,036 --> 01:10:33,953 ...to have a professional opinion. 926 01:10:34,873 --> 01:10:36,450 Why? 927 01:10:37,042 --> 01:10:39,200 Why'd you do this, Vera? 928 01:10:39,377 --> 01:10:41,666 - Why? - Because... 929 01:10:41,796 --> 01:10:43,374 ...I hate... 930 01:10:43,882 --> 01:10:46,586 ...the smell of being old. 931 01:10:47,510 --> 01:10:49,302 I'm tired... 932 01:10:49,470 --> 01:10:51,711 ...and I want to be done. 933 01:10:53,390 --> 01:10:55,963 Will you help me, Dolores? 934 01:10:57,144 --> 01:10:59,516 Will you please... 935 01:11:00,313 --> 01:11:02,223 ...help me die? 936 01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:07,184 Don't let me die in some hospital. 937 01:11:08,238 --> 01:11:09,816 Kill me now. 938 01:11:29,508 --> 01:11:32,711 If you really want to help me... 939 01:11:34,012 --> 01:11:36,254 ...please hurry. 940 01:11:38,725 --> 01:11:41,347 Dolores, got a certified letter here. 941 01:11:48,026 --> 01:11:50,018 You don't believe me, do you? 942 01:11:51,195 --> 01:11:53,234 You think I killed her. 943 01:11:53,572 --> 01:11:55,944 What I think doesn't mean shit. 944 01:11:57,451 --> 01:12:00,571 It's the rest of the world you better start worrying about. 945 01:12:17,846 --> 01:12:20,051 I made a list of attorneys. 946 01:12:22,058 --> 01:12:24,465 These are all the big muscle firms in New York. 947 01:12:24,643 --> 01:12:27,265 It could take a couple of days, that's why on Monday... 948 01:12:27,354 --> 01:12:29,762 ...you're not gonna say a word. 949 01:12:31,817 --> 01:12:32,980 Take it. 950 01:12:50,418 --> 01:12:53,205 In case you missed it, I'm trying to help you. 951 01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:57,379 You think I give a fiddler's fuck what anybody else says about me? 952 01:12:57,633 --> 01:12:59,127 Oh, Jesus. 953 01:12:59,302 --> 01:13:00,630 It's you. 954 01:13:00,803 --> 01:13:03,472 What you think is the only thing left that's important. 955 01:13:03,597 --> 01:13:05,637 I can't send you to prison. 956 01:13:06,350 --> 01:13:08,509 You think that's the end of the world? 957 01:13:08,853 --> 01:13:10,810 Gorry, that'd be a relief. 958 01:13:11,021 --> 01:13:12,516 Sit and sleep... 959 01:13:12,815 --> 01:13:14,274 ...three meals served every day. 960 01:13:14,358 --> 01:13:17,110 Maybe you're just happier being miserable. Is that it? 961 01:13:17,735 --> 01:13:18,898 Is that it, Mother? 962 01:13:20,321 --> 01:13:22,029 If it makes it easier for you. 963 01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:26,320 Vera's a bitch. She's abusive, she's mean, she's cheap. 964 01:13:26,828 --> 01:13:27,942 Why not leave? 965 01:13:28,121 --> 01:13:29,781 Why not just walk? 966 01:13:29,872 --> 01:13:31,532 Like they do in New York? 967 01:13:32,667 --> 01:13:34,244 Someone hurts me... 968 01:13:34,669 --> 01:13:36,044 ...I leave. 969 01:13:36,337 --> 01:13:39,291 Believe me, I learned that long before I got to New York. 970 01:13:40,758 --> 01:13:42,715 I'm not the one that hurt you. 971 01:13:43,261 --> 01:13:45,882 What is that supposed to mean? 972 01:13:47,389 --> 01:13:49,049 You're blaming him? 973 01:13:49,391 --> 01:13:51,549 Is that what we're into now? 974 01:13:52,727 --> 01:13:54,387 He was a drunk. 975 01:13:54,979 --> 01:13:57,268 Barely got out of his own way. 976 01:13:58,733 --> 01:13:59,729 Fine... 977 01:13:59,901 --> 01:14:01,692 ...maybe he hit you. 978 01:14:01,861 --> 01:14:03,569 I don't remember it. 979 01:14:04,447 --> 01:14:06,689 You don't seem to remember much of anything. 980 01:14:06,783 --> 01:14:10,116 But then, he's not exactly around to defend himself, is he? 981 01:14:16,291 --> 01:14:18,996 You honest to God don't remember, do you? 982 01:14:21,588 --> 01:14:22,868 Look. 983 01:14:26,551 --> 01:14:28,425 Here's the goddamn list. 984 01:14:29,220 --> 01:14:30,964 You do what you want with it. 985 01:14:31,056 --> 01:14:33,013 That's why you're so unsettled, ain't it? 986 01:14:33,099 --> 01:14:34,428 Unsettled? 987 01:14:34,809 --> 01:14:37,300 Don't you mean 'boogery,' Mother? 988 01:14:37,937 --> 01:14:40,096 If you're attempting a meaningful analysis... 989 01:14:40,190 --> 01:14:42,147 ...perhaps we'd best define our terms. 990 01:14:42,317 --> 01:14:44,475 A cornerstone of critical thinking... 991 01:14:44,569 --> 01:14:46,726 ...is communicating with an agreed vocabulary. 992 01:14:46,820 --> 01:14:48,362 Go have another drink. 993 01:14:48,488 --> 01:14:50,944 No, I've had my fun for the night. 994 01:14:53,702 --> 01:14:58,447 You sit down right this minute and you can just stow that Vassar shit. 995 01:15:05,338 --> 01:15:07,912 We're gonna sit down at this table, you and me... 996 01:15:08,466 --> 01:15:09,877 ...and we're gonna have a drink. 997 01:15:09,968 --> 01:15:11,676 When we're through... 998 01:15:11,761 --> 01:15:12,959 When I'm through... 999 01:15:13,138 --> 01:15:17,964 ...you can run upstairs and take whichever of those little pills makes you feel the best. 1000 01:15:35,409 --> 01:15:37,650 Don't say a goddamn word. 1001 01:15:41,540 --> 01:15:43,912 Before you get too deep in that to make sense... 1002 01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:46,075 ...take a look at her report card. 1003 01:15:46,293 --> 01:15:47,752 I saw it. 1004 01:15:48,504 --> 01:15:49,666 So what? 1005 01:15:50,464 --> 01:15:52,338 Everybody slips now and then. 1006 01:15:52,466 --> 01:15:53,664 Can I be excused? 1007 01:15:53,801 --> 01:15:55,758 Not till you say how an honor student... 1008 01:15:55,844 --> 01:15:57,588 ...who skips the seventh grade... 1009 01:15:57,680 --> 01:16:01,428 ...goes from straight A's to C's and D's in two semesters. 1010 01:16:01,517 --> 01:16:03,308 Will you leave her alone already? 1011 01:16:03,393 --> 01:16:06,181 It's not like you were some great genius at school. 1012 01:16:07,523 --> 01:16:11,472 No Claiborne wasn't even born in a hospital, for chrissake. 1013 01:16:11,652 --> 01:16:13,312 May I please be excused? 1014 01:16:13,403 --> 01:16:14,778 No, you may not. 1015 01:16:14,987 --> 01:16:17,194 Yes, you may. Go right ahead, dear. 1016 01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:24,907 Thanks a lot. 1017 01:16:25,039 --> 01:16:26,866 You better learn to stow it. 1018 01:16:26,957 --> 01:16:28,914 You'll drive her right out the door. 1019 01:16:42,347 --> 01:16:44,553 Mom, what are you doing here? 1020 01:16:44,640 --> 01:16:48,804 Thought you and I might ride back on the ferry together. You mind company? 1021 01:16:56,569 --> 01:16:58,229 Beautiful, ain't it? 1022 01:17:01,741 --> 01:17:04,232 You used to be beautiful too. 1023 01:17:06,078 --> 01:17:07,952 Why ain't you anymore? 1024 01:17:10,249 --> 01:17:12,870 When was the last time you washed your hair? 1025 01:17:21,759 --> 01:17:23,551 It's drugs, ain't it? 1026 01:17:25,263 --> 01:17:26,887 You've changed. 1027 01:17:27,765 --> 01:17:29,674 You're 13 years old, you're smoking pot. 1028 01:17:29,767 --> 01:17:32,056 Where do you get it? How long's it been going on? 1029 01:17:32,144 --> 01:17:33,603 I don't do drugs, Mother. 1030 01:17:36,566 --> 01:17:39,934 Whatever trouble you're in won't change my love for you. 1031 01:17:40,278 --> 01:17:43,859 I can't begin to help you out of it till you tell me the truth. 1032 01:17:46,408 --> 01:17:47,902 Are you pregnant? 1033 01:17:48,076 --> 01:17:49,618 Get real. 1034 01:17:49,786 --> 01:17:52,989 You want to end up like me? Dumb and stuck? 1035 01:17:53,206 --> 01:17:55,993 Think I push you so hard in school to stay in a uniform... 1036 01:17:56,084 --> 01:17:59,203 ...and clean up after people forever? Is that what you want? 1037 01:17:59,295 --> 01:18:00,789 I'm not pregnant. 1038 01:18:01,047 --> 01:18:02,245 Then... 1039 01:18:02,507 --> 01:18:04,914 What is it? What the hell's going on with you? 1040 01:18:05,009 --> 01:18:07,168 - Leave me alone. - I won't leave you alone. 1041 01:18:07,261 --> 01:18:10,049 We'll ride the ferry all day till you say... 1042 01:18:10,139 --> 01:18:11,053 ...what's wrong. 1043 01:18:11,140 --> 01:18:12,088 Leave me be! 1044 01:18:12,182 --> 01:18:14,673 - Why won't you talk to me? - Don't touch me! 1045 01:18:14,768 --> 01:18:15,681 What? 1046 01:18:15,769 --> 01:18:17,311 Stop it! 1047 01:18:18,188 --> 01:18:19,516 I got you. 1048 01:18:20,440 --> 01:18:22,100 Get off of me! 1049 01:18:22,400 --> 01:18:24,642 What is the matter with you? 1050 01:18:25,111 --> 01:18:26,653 Talk to me! 1051 01:18:28,323 --> 01:18:30,114 Where did you get this? 1052 01:18:30,450 --> 01:18:31,944 What're you doin'? 1053 01:18:32,160 --> 01:18:34,567 This is your grandma St. George's cameo. 1054 01:18:35,205 --> 01:18:36,747 - It's mine. - What did you do? 1055 01:18:36,831 --> 01:18:38,409 Did you go in your father's closet? 1056 01:18:38,499 --> 01:18:39,579 Mom, please... 1057 01:18:39,667 --> 01:18:43,498 - Selena, did you steal this? - No! It's mine. 1058 01:18:51,344 --> 01:18:52,589 Oh, my God. 1059 01:19:24,835 --> 01:19:27,326 As you can see, Mrs. St. George... 1060 01:19:28,880 --> 01:19:31,715 ...this account's been closed out by your husband. 1061 01:19:31,842 --> 01:19:33,384 How can that be? 1062 01:19:34,386 --> 01:19:38,715 That's my life savings. How can that be when I got the passbook right here? 1063 01:19:38,890 --> 01:19:40,929 You see, Mrs. St. George, that is... 1064 01:19:41,225 --> 01:19:44,392 ...was what we call a custodial savings account. 1065 01:19:44,687 --> 01:19:48,519 That means either parent can countersign and make a withdrawal. 1066 01:19:49,900 --> 01:19:52,106 This doesn't show any withdrawals. 1067 01:19:52,611 --> 01:19:55,316 How'd he get the money without the goddamn passbook? 1068 01:19:55,531 --> 01:19:57,191 Mrs. St. George... 1069 01:19:57,407 --> 01:20:00,077 ...if I could ask you to keep your voice down. 1070 01:20:01,912 --> 01:20:05,910 According to this, your husband stated, 'Passbook was lost. ' 1071 01:20:07,251 --> 01:20:09,290 He asked to be issued a new one. 1072 01:20:09,419 --> 01:20:10,794 It's common enough. 1073 01:20:10,878 --> 01:20:13,547 Common be damned. I opened this account! 1074 01:20:13,714 --> 01:20:16,501 Who do you think put the money in the bank to begin with? 1075 01:20:16,592 --> 01:20:18,632 Please, Mrs. St. George. 1076 01:20:19,345 --> 01:20:22,548 I'm sorry, but I assure you what we did was not only legal... 1077 01:20:22,848 --> 01:20:24,722 ...but standard bank practice. 1078 01:20:24,808 --> 01:20:26,848 Maybe it's legal and maybe it ain't. 1079 01:20:26,936 --> 01:20:29,890 I can't believe standard practice means you don't make... 1080 01:20:29,980 --> 01:20:31,973 ...one single goddamn phone call... 1081 01:20:32,066 --> 01:20:34,473 ...to the person whose name is on the account. 1082 01:20:34,568 --> 01:20:36,193 I'm very sorry- 1083 01:20:36,278 --> 01:20:40,773 Say you're sorry again, I'll kick your butt till you look like a hunchback. 1084 01:20:44,118 --> 01:20:44,865 Lydia. 1085 01:20:55,296 --> 01:20:57,454 It's 'cause I'm a woman, ain't it? 1086 01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:03,880 If I'd been the one passing off a fairy story how I'd lost the passbook... 1087 01:21:03,971 --> 01:21:05,549 ...and asked for a new one... 1088 01:21:05,639 --> 01:21:09,766 If I'd been the one who started drawing out what took 11 years to put in... 1089 01:21:10,435 --> 01:21:12,308 ...you would have called Joe. 1090 01:21:19,944 --> 01:21:20,975 Well... 1091 01:21:22,321 --> 01:21:24,113 I suppose it's one of two things. 1092 01:21:24,198 --> 01:21:27,401 Either he's buried it in a mason jar in the backyard, or else... 1093 01:21:28,494 --> 01:21:30,403 ...he opened up a new account. 1094 01:21:36,335 --> 01:21:37,616 Mr. Pease... 1095 01:21:39,337 --> 01:21:42,623 You don't have to tell me, but I hope you'll think for a moment... 1096 01:21:42,715 --> 01:21:47,176 ...about the grief and heartache you could have saved me by making just one call. 1097 01:21:50,014 --> 01:21:54,226 I'm asking you to please tell me whether he's opened a new account here... 1098 01:21:54,644 --> 01:21:57,598 ...or if I've gotta start digging holes around my house. 1099 01:22:04,028 --> 01:22:08,239 As soon as the luncheon silver is clean, I want the guest rooms aired out. 1100 01:22:08,698 --> 01:22:13,028 I'll want to go over the linens for the daybeds in the study... 1101 01:22:13,495 --> 01:22:14,574 ...and the sun room. 1102 01:22:14,663 --> 01:22:17,617 No, Joy, I don't like those colors together. Change them. 1103 01:22:17,707 --> 01:22:20,874 Dolores, did you check on the flowers? 1104 01:22:21,336 --> 01:22:24,539 Must you look so trod-upon, Dolores? 1105 01:22:24,672 --> 01:22:28,540 In 36 hours you will have the uniquely thrilling experience... 1106 01:22:28,635 --> 01:22:31,505 ...of standing at the epicenter of a total solar eclipse. 1107 01:22:31,888 --> 01:22:36,051 I've got guests traveling 800 miles for something all you need to do is look... 1108 01:22:46,234 --> 01:22:47,894 Did you see Dolores? 1109 01:22:50,030 --> 01:22:55,024 As soon as the caterers arrive, I want you to make sure they have everything needed. 1110 01:22:55,243 --> 01:22:56,654 I've made a list. 1111 01:22:56,912 --> 01:23:00,327 I want no last-minute frantic runs to Jonesport. 1112 01:23:01,291 --> 01:23:02,915 Do you hear me? 1113 01:23:07,921 --> 01:23:10,044 Would you put on some tea? 1114 01:23:22,269 --> 01:23:26,563 - Are we quite finished? - I'm sorry, Mrs. Donovan. I truly am. 1115 01:23:26,648 --> 01:23:27,811 'Vera. ' 1116 01:23:30,402 --> 01:23:33,319 I insist all women who have hysterics in my drawing room... 1117 01:23:33,405 --> 01:23:35,232 ...call me by my Christian name. 1118 01:23:39,535 --> 01:23:42,156 So, enlighten me, Dolores. 1119 01:23:43,747 --> 01:23:48,456 What turns a stone-hard woman like you into the blubbering mess I see before me? 1120 01:23:52,631 --> 01:23:54,624 Joe stole my money. 1121 01:23:56,176 --> 01:23:58,584 I went to close out my account... 1122 01:23:59,012 --> 01:24:01,219 It was money I'd been saving for Selena. 1123 01:24:02,182 --> 01:24:06,345 $3,000. I went to get it out and it was gone. 1124 01:24:08,312 --> 01:24:10,435 Well, don't look to me, Dolores. 1125 01:24:10,606 --> 01:24:12,646 All my money's tied up in cash. 1126 01:24:16,862 --> 01:24:19,234 Planning on playing the stock market, were you? 1127 01:24:19,323 --> 01:24:20,865 I was going to leave. 1128 01:24:22,993 --> 01:24:27,287 I was going to take Selena away with me tonight before he gets back. 1129 01:24:31,627 --> 01:24:32,658 Well... 1130 01:24:34,462 --> 01:24:36,289 ...isn't that dramatic. 1131 01:24:37,298 --> 01:24:39,967 And why, exactly, are we running away? 1132 01:24:43,137 --> 01:24:44,964 Well, go on, Dolores. 1133 01:24:45,681 --> 01:24:47,674 Perhaps it's not as bad as it seems. 1134 01:24:48,100 --> 01:24:50,176 Give it to me. It's mine! 1135 01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:52,979 Oh, my God. 1136 01:24:53,147 --> 01:24:55,768 It's your father. He's been at you, hasn't he? 1137 01:24:55,858 --> 01:24:57,317 What are you talking about? 1138 01:24:57,401 --> 01:24:59,275 - What's he done to you? - Nothing! 1139 01:24:59,361 --> 01:25:01,603 - He's been touchin' you, hasn't he? - No! 1140 01:25:01,697 --> 01:25:03,275 What's he done to you? 1141 01:25:03,365 --> 01:25:06,116 You've gotta tell me the truth. It's important. 1142 01:25:06,909 --> 01:25:08,902 Leave me alone! 1143 01:25:10,663 --> 01:25:11,992 You bitch! 1144 01:25:12,081 --> 01:25:13,990 You crazy old lying bitch! 1145 01:25:14,917 --> 01:25:17,206 You're a fucking psychotic. 1146 01:25:17,420 --> 01:25:20,836 - You think I'd make this up? - This actually comes to you? 1147 01:25:20,923 --> 01:25:24,043 - How can you not remember? - I remember you hitting him! 1148 01:25:24,218 --> 01:25:25,463 That I remember. 1149 01:25:25,553 --> 01:25:29,218 I remember the blood on his face, the drinking, the fighting, but this? 1150 01:25:29,307 --> 01:25:33,055 - You're not responsible. - Mackey's right. You are dangerous. 1151 01:25:33,227 --> 01:25:35,515 - Fuck you! - You gotta believe me. 1152 01:25:35,687 --> 01:25:37,181 No, I don't. 1153 01:25:53,413 --> 01:25:54,444 Don't try and stop me. 1154 01:25:54,539 --> 01:25:55,949 I'm going to the hotel. 1155 01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:58,827 Mrs. Devereaux needs extra help for the eclipse. 1156 01:26:03,129 --> 01:26:06,581 - I'll be back in a few days. - We talked about this. 1157 01:26:06,841 --> 01:26:09,379 I don't care what we talked about. 1158 01:26:14,849 --> 01:26:18,514 I don't want to be here when you talk to Dad about your crazy ideas. 1159 01:26:18,728 --> 01:26:20,187 Come back here right now! 1160 01:26:20,271 --> 01:26:21,849 Just leave me alone! 1161 01:27:38,554 --> 01:27:41,092 For 12 hours sleep, you don't look so good. 1162 01:27:41,765 --> 01:27:44,054 I need to be in Arizona. 1163 01:27:44,518 --> 01:27:46,973 It's a big story and I need it. 1164 01:27:47,855 --> 01:27:49,183 I know. 1165 01:27:51,859 --> 01:27:53,602 I packed your things. 1166 01:27:54,736 --> 01:27:57,192 You had stuff lyin' around. 1167 01:27:58,198 --> 01:28:00,191 Coffee's on the stove. 1168 01:28:34,398 --> 01:28:35,513 What is it? 1169 01:28:35,733 --> 01:28:38,983 It's Detective Mackey's report. Here. 1170 01:28:39,362 --> 01:28:40,737 I don't want it. 1171 01:28:43,908 --> 01:28:46,695 How remarkably brave, Mother. 1172 01:28:49,246 --> 01:28:51,239 I'll make some calls. 1173 01:28:51,665 --> 01:28:54,832 You'll have your phone turned on tomorrow. 1174 01:28:55,127 --> 01:28:56,669 I'll take the report. 1175 01:28:56,837 --> 01:28:58,628 I'm gonna fax it to a lawyer. 1176 01:28:58,839 --> 01:29:01,543 You can expect a call tomorrow. 1177 01:29:02,008 --> 01:29:04,546 And when you talk to that lawyer, Mother... 1178 01:29:04,802 --> 01:29:07,174 ...you damn well better do what he says. 1179 01:29:07,388 --> 01:29:08,764 You'll miss your ferry. 1180 01:29:09,348 --> 01:29:10,463 You want to hang yourself? 1181 01:29:10,558 --> 01:29:13,927 Go into that inquest tomorrow and start shooting your mouth off. 1182 01:29:24,155 --> 01:29:25,898 I'm sorry, Mother. 1183 01:29:29,284 --> 01:29:33,412 'Sometimes being a bitch is the only thing a woman has to hold onto. ' 1184 01:30:13,118 --> 01:30:14,825 Shit! 1185 01:30:20,833 --> 01:30:24,202 I hope I'm doing this right, 'cause I never worked one before. 1186 01:30:24,462 --> 01:30:27,416 Don't these Japanese make the cunningest little gadgets? 1187 01:30:29,007 --> 01:30:30,418 You're sleeping now, Selena... 1188 01:30:30,509 --> 01:30:33,178 ...but I know when you get up, you're gonna leave. 1189 01:30:34,513 --> 01:30:37,964 By the time you hear this, I figure you're in Arizona. 1190 01:30:38,391 --> 01:30:40,717 By now it's all been said and done. 1191 01:30:42,729 --> 01:30:44,769 You can forget about the lawyer. 1192 01:30:44,856 --> 01:30:47,857 I'm gonna go down tomorrow and talk to those people and... 1193 01:30:48,568 --> 01:30:51,355 ...I ain't makin' a stink about it no more. 1194 01:30:52,113 --> 01:30:55,316 I'm telling you now what I'm gonna tell them. 1195 01:30:55,992 --> 01:30:58,612 Ijust thought you ought to hear it firsthand, is all. 1196 01:30:58,702 --> 01:31:01,240 How far has he gone, Dolores? 1197 01:31:02,998 --> 01:31:05,489 She says it ain't never happened. 1198 01:31:06,543 --> 01:31:10,541 And she screamed and cried and denied it so bad, I know it's true. 1199 01:31:11,048 --> 01:31:12,376 I should've... 1200 01:31:13,508 --> 01:31:17,209 The way she's been acting around him, I should've known it sooner. 1201 01:31:17,554 --> 01:31:18,717 My God. 1202 01:31:18,847 --> 01:31:20,721 How far has he gone? 1203 01:31:23,685 --> 01:31:25,476 He wasn't always like this. 1204 01:31:26,104 --> 01:31:28,475 When we started out it wasn't a dream come true- 1205 01:31:28,564 --> 01:31:30,058 Has he fucked her? 1206 01:31:34,486 --> 01:31:35,897 I don't know. 1207 01:31:37,406 --> 01:31:38,734 I don't know. 1208 01:31:41,743 --> 01:31:44,744 But if he hasn't, he's gonna soon enough. 1209 01:31:46,206 --> 01:31:49,373 He's working the boats. He'll be back tomorrow. 1210 01:31:49,668 --> 01:31:51,127 That money... 1211 01:31:52,629 --> 01:31:57,124 I was gonna use that $3,000 to get us as far away from here as possible. 1212 01:31:57,425 --> 01:31:59,916 And how far is that, Dolores? 1213 01:32:00,302 --> 01:32:02,710 Jonesport? Bangor? 1214 01:32:03,931 --> 01:32:07,596 You've never been more than 50 miles away from this island in your life. 1215 01:32:09,895 --> 01:32:12,813 How long do you think it would take him to find you? 1216 01:32:16,151 --> 01:32:20,101 It's a depressingly masculine world we live in, Dolores. 1217 01:32:20,572 --> 01:32:21,770 Maybe I'm wrong. 1218 01:32:21,907 --> 01:32:23,734 What if you're right? 1219 01:32:25,576 --> 01:32:28,743 Husbands die every day, Dolores. 1220 01:32:28,913 --> 01:32:30,111 Why... 1221 01:32:30,289 --> 01:32:34,204 ...one is probably dying right now, while you're sittin' here weeping. 1222 01:32:35,711 --> 01:32:37,253 They die... 1223 01:32:37,421 --> 01:32:40,422 ...and leave their wives their money. 1224 01:32:41,300 --> 01:32:43,423 I should know, shouldn't I? 1225 01:32:44,804 --> 01:32:48,552 Sometimes they're driving home from their mistress's apartment... 1226 01:32:48,933 --> 01:32:51,305 ...and their brakes suddenly fail. 1227 01:32:52,019 --> 01:32:53,976 An accident, Dolores... 1228 01:32:54,813 --> 01:32:57,647 ...can be an unhappy woman's best friend. 1229 01:33:50,533 --> 01:33:52,858 Don't you just love the bossa nova? 1230 01:33:53,160 --> 01:33:56,030 I found them in New York. I just had to have them. 1231 01:33:57,539 --> 01:33:59,330 Hi, how are you? 1232 01:33:59,541 --> 01:34:03,123 There's a buzzer going off in the kitchen. You'd better check it. 1233 01:34:05,380 --> 01:34:08,713 I'm sorry, Mrs. Donovan. We're going as fast as we can. 1234 01:34:08,883 --> 01:34:10,461 Oh, please. 1235 01:34:10,552 --> 01:34:12,840 Everything's charming. 1236 01:34:14,222 --> 01:34:16,179 They're callin' for rain. 1237 01:34:16,266 --> 01:34:17,594 Oh, don't worry. 1238 01:34:17,767 --> 01:34:19,843 I'll have my eclipse. 1239 01:34:21,396 --> 01:34:23,434 I'm sending you home, Dolores. 1240 01:34:23,772 --> 01:34:27,390 You've done a wonderful job and it's all under control. 1241 01:34:27,609 --> 01:34:31,903 I want you to go and share this remarkable experience with your husband. 1242 01:34:32,739 --> 01:34:34,566 He will be back, won't he? 1243 01:34:37,118 --> 01:34:38,577 I suppose so. 1244 01:34:40,956 --> 01:34:44,407 I've got you two eclipse viewers and two reflector boxes. 1245 01:34:44,793 --> 01:34:47,414 I thought you and Joe might like them. 1246 01:34:50,381 --> 01:34:51,544 I can't. 1247 01:34:53,133 --> 01:34:54,925 Sometimes, Dolores... 1248 01:34:56,386 --> 01:35:00,218 ...sometimes you have to be a high-riding bitch... 1249 01:35:00,307 --> 01:35:01,552 ...to survive. 1250 01:35:03,226 --> 01:35:04,886 Sometimes... 1251 01:35:05,062 --> 01:35:06,935 ...being a bitch... 1252 01:35:07,272 --> 01:35:10,226 ...is all a woman has to hang onto. 1253 01:35:22,578 --> 01:35:24,072 Thank you, Vera. 1254 01:35:26,040 --> 01:35:28,281 Now, go on home. 1255 01:35:28,959 --> 01:35:31,117 Pam and Sheila can clean up. 1256 01:35:31,336 --> 01:35:32,617 Remember... 1257 01:35:32,838 --> 01:35:35,127 ...eclipse at 5:00. 1258 01:35:53,274 --> 01:35:55,480 I wouldn't miss this for the world. 1259 01:35:55,651 --> 01:35:58,771 I got some binoculars. I'm going to find myself a good spot. 1260 01:36:05,828 --> 01:36:07,156 Come on! 1261 01:36:09,748 --> 01:36:10,779 All right! 1262 01:36:17,047 --> 01:36:18,506 Shit! 1263 01:36:21,342 --> 01:36:23,500 You sorry piece of shit. 1264 01:36:26,806 --> 01:36:28,882 What the hell are you doing back? 1265 01:36:30,351 --> 01:36:32,142 Got the afternoon off. 1266 01:36:32,478 --> 01:36:33,937 Welcome home to you too. 1267 01:36:34,105 --> 01:36:36,809 Don't start with me, Dolores. 1268 01:36:37,024 --> 01:36:38,518 Where's Selena? 1269 01:36:40,861 --> 01:36:42,770 She's working at the hotel. 1270 01:36:44,823 --> 01:36:46,982 Looks like you bought out the whole store. 1271 01:36:47,201 --> 01:36:48,612 What's all this? 1272 01:36:48,786 --> 01:36:51,192 A present to celebrate the eclipse. 1273 01:36:52,080 --> 01:36:53,740 Eclipse, shit. 1274 01:36:54,540 --> 01:36:58,040 I've felt so good lately, I thought I'd share some of my happiness. 1275 01:36:58,127 --> 01:37:00,499 What do you got to feel happy about? 1276 01:37:12,308 --> 01:37:14,016 Well, Jesus Christ. 1277 01:37:14,560 --> 01:37:15,805 You don't want it? 1278 01:37:15,895 --> 01:37:17,768 I can always pour it down the sink. 1279 01:37:24,194 --> 01:37:28,025 Vera sent us some thingamajigs to watch the eclipse. 1280 01:37:28,364 --> 01:37:30,191 Yeah, like I give a shit. 1281 01:37:30,617 --> 01:37:32,443 I don't want to fight with you. 1282 01:37:35,788 --> 01:37:38,030 Let's just try and enjoy the day. 1283 01:37:38,624 --> 01:37:40,332 That won't be hard. 1284 01:37:56,224 --> 01:37:58,347 That crowd. Looks like D-Day. 1285 01:37:59,352 --> 01:38:00,681 Look at them. 1286 01:38:01,479 --> 01:38:04,231 The whole goddamn island's out there. 1287 01:38:10,446 --> 01:38:11,857 I hope it rains. 1288 01:38:11,948 --> 01:38:14,486 Hope it comes down so hard it drowns them all. 1289 01:38:22,290 --> 01:38:24,366 What the hell has gotten into you? 1290 01:38:24,793 --> 01:38:28,791 Ain't nothing gonna happen any more than a thunderhead going across the sun. 1291 01:38:28,922 --> 01:38:31,792 Eat up, Joe, before the flies beat you to it. 1292 01:39:24,808 --> 01:39:26,765 Okay, here we go. 1293 01:39:30,355 --> 01:39:31,850 Hey, Dee! 1294 01:39:32,608 --> 01:39:36,819 Isn't this what all of you and all the rest of them fools been waiting for? 1295 01:39:37,696 --> 01:39:39,985 Better get your butt out here. 1296 01:39:57,089 --> 01:39:58,085 Goddamn. 1297 01:40:04,722 --> 01:40:07,295 She's disappearing, all right. 1298 01:40:12,896 --> 01:40:15,019 I got another surprise for you. 1299 01:40:16,191 --> 01:40:18,895 Did somebody invent a pill that'll cure ugly? 1300 01:40:25,157 --> 01:40:27,779 You know the money in Selena's bank account? 1301 01:40:29,745 --> 01:40:32,117 Yeah, well, what about it? 1302 01:40:32,623 --> 01:40:34,248 You took it. 1303 01:40:42,466 --> 01:40:44,375 Don't you look sour. 1304 01:40:49,138 --> 01:40:51,808 - I guess it is pretty funny, ain't it? - Yeah. 1305 01:40:53,059 --> 01:40:55,929 I fooled you right and proper, didn't I? 1306 01:40:56,437 --> 01:40:58,762 You fooled me about a lot of things, Joe... 1307 01:40:59,148 --> 01:41:01,354 ...but I guess I finally caught up with you. 1308 01:41:01,442 --> 01:41:03,767 You already spent $500 of it. 1309 01:41:04,904 --> 01:41:06,731 What'd it go for, Joe? 1310 01:41:07,448 --> 01:41:08,444 Poker? 1311 01:41:08,949 --> 01:41:10,278 Beer? 1312 01:41:11,619 --> 01:41:13,742 There you go, selling me short. 1313 01:41:13,954 --> 01:41:15,697 It was set aside for school. 1314 01:41:15,955 --> 01:41:19,787 You blew all our money, you may as well run through hers, while you're at it. 1315 01:41:20,001 --> 01:41:22,574 School, shit. 1316 01:41:26,674 --> 01:41:29,794 You can't even wipe your ass for $3,000 these days. 1317 01:41:32,013 --> 01:41:34,764 I spent the day with the people at the bank. 1318 01:41:35,099 --> 01:41:37,222 It turns out you weren't supposed to do that. 1319 01:41:37,310 --> 01:41:38,685 Lie to them. 1320 01:41:38,811 --> 01:41:40,804 Make them break their rules. 1321 01:41:41,981 --> 01:41:43,641 What did you go and do? 1322 01:41:43,816 --> 01:41:46,851 I got all that money given right back to me in cash. 1323 01:41:47,235 --> 01:41:49,987 All but the $500 you pissed away. 1324 01:41:50,196 --> 01:41:52,319 So you can just go and fuck yourself. 1325 01:41:52,490 --> 01:41:55,657 That is if you can get that limp old noodle of yours to stand up. 1326 01:41:57,662 --> 01:42:00,996 I told you what I'd do if you didn't stop being fresh with me! 1327 01:42:01,082 --> 01:42:02,457 Didn't I? 1328 01:42:03,293 --> 01:42:05,250 You believe me now, do you? 1329 01:42:05,378 --> 01:42:07,584 Yes. Yes, Joe! 1330 01:42:19,057 --> 01:42:20,516 Oh, my God. 1331 01:42:24,521 --> 01:42:25,849 Look at that. 1332 01:42:27,232 --> 01:42:28,512 A star. 1333 01:42:32,237 --> 01:42:33,517 A star. 1334 01:42:33,738 --> 01:42:37,522 You'll see plenty of them if you don't start tellin' me where that money is. 1335 01:42:37,867 --> 01:42:39,196 Right now! 1336 01:42:39,869 --> 01:42:41,363 I buried it... 1337 01:42:42,247 --> 01:42:43,527 ...in the yard. 1338 01:42:44,998 --> 01:42:46,243 Out by the field. 1339 01:42:46,542 --> 01:42:49,993 Let's just go get it back where it belongs, why don't we? 1340 01:42:52,005 --> 01:42:55,505 Believe you me, there better be every last cent of it. 1341 01:42:56,510 --> 01:43:00,342 You'd better save the big talk for your pals at the barber shop! 1342 01:43:00,514 --> 01:43:02,921 I wonder if they'll think you're such a stud... 1343 01:43:03,016 --> 01:43:05,637 ...when they find out the only ass you can get... 1344 01:43:05,727 --> 01:43:08,300 ...belongs to your 13-year-old daughter! 1345 01:43:10,190 --> 01:43:13,273 - I don't know what you're talking about. - Really? 1346 01:43:13,567 --> 01:43:18,562 Then how come you look like the devil just grabbed them little raisins you call balls? 1347 01:43:22,242 --> 01:43:24,614 She's a liar. She's a little liar. 1348 01:43:25,204 --> 01:43:26,746 And a goddamn tease. 1349 01:43:30,083 --> 01:43:31,791 How could you do it, Joe? 1350 01:43:34,296 --> 01:43:36,585 After everything I did for her... 1351 01:43:37,549 --> 01:43:40,585 ...she's mouthing off like that, telling lies like... 1352 01:43:41,595 --> 01:43:44,215 When she gets back I'm gonna get my belt. 1353 01:43:45,931 --> 01:43:47,307 I'm gonna get my belt. 1354 01:43:47,600 --> 01:43:51,680 The only thing you're gonna get is a long stretch in Shawshank Prison... 1355 01:43:51,937 --> 01:43:53,562 ...for child molesting! 1356 01:43:53,689 --> 01:43:55,100 Goddamn bitch! 1357 01:44:00,112 --> 01:44:03,113 The more you run, the worse it's gonna be. 1358 01:44:03,323 --> 01:44:04,818 Get off me! 1359 01:44:13,249 --> 01:44:16,001 You're gonna get your payback now, bitch. 1360 01:44:16,168 --> 01:44:18,706 And it's gonna cost you more than money! 1361 01:44:18,879 --> 01:44:20,255 You're mine now! 1362 01:44:33,769 --> 01:44:36,972 Give me your hand before I fall all the way in, please! 1363 01:44:37,815 --> 01:44:40,353 Help me before I fall all the way in, goddamn it! 1364 01:44:41,609 --> 01:44:43,685 You don't know what you're doing. 1365 01:44:44,862 --> 01:44:45,858 Where are you going? 1366 01:44:45,947 --> 01:44:49,113 Oh, God, what're you doing? Dee, come on! 1367 01:44:50,118 --> 01:44:52,905 Where are you going? What are you doing? 1368 01:44:57,959 --> 01:44:59,287 Please! 1369 01:45:01,170 --> 01:45:02,450 You bitch! 1370 01:45:02,880 --> 01:45:04,754 I swear, you're gonna die. 1371 01:45:08,219 --> 01:45:09,677 Help, somebody! 1372 01:45:10,012 --> 01:45:11,754 Somebody help me, please. 1373 01:45:12,180 --> 01:45:13,674 Help! 1374 01:45:15,183 --> 01:45:16,642 Help, somebody! 1375 01:45:17,185 --> 01:45:19,391 - Oh, goddamn it! - Nobody can hear you. 1376 01:45:19,604 --> 01:45:23,684 You bitch! Oh, you just better hope I don't get out. 1377 01:45:56,848 --> 01:45:59,849 The eclipse lasted six and a half minutes. 1378 01:46:00,268 --> 01:46:02,889 They said it was some kind of record. 1379 01:46:03,855 --> 01:46:07,271 It was a lot more than a thunderhead passing across the sun. 1380 01:46:08,693 --> 01:46:10,519 It was beautiful. 1381 01:46:17,284 --> 01:46:18,944 I burned the dress... 1382 01:46:19,452 --> 01:46:22,157 ...and I dropped the whiskey bottle out near the well. 1383 01:46:22,581 --> 01:46:26,958 I started askin' folks if they'd seen Joe off on a bender somewhere. 1384 01:46:27,293 --> 01:46:29,749 Besides Mackey showing up and making trouble... 1385 01:46:29,838 --> 01:46:32,329 ...it was easier than I thought. 1386 01:46:39,221 --> 01:46:40,798 That's what happened... 1387 01:46:40,889 --> 01:46:42,265 ...plain and true. 1388 01:46:42,349 --> 01:46:44,970 And I don't care no more who knows it. 1389 01:46:45,811 --> 01:46:48,053 I guess all I do care about... 1390 01:46:48,939 --> 01:46:51,062 ...all I ever cared about... 1391 01:46:51,316 --> 01:46:53,605 ...is that you're safe and sound. 1392 01:46:55,403 --> 01:46:56,779 I lied to you. 1393 01:46:58,990 --> 01:47:00,900 And I lied to myself. 1394 01:47:01,952 --> 01:47:04,110 Now it's time to pay the piper. 1395 01:47:56,336 --> 01:47:57,665 Here we go. 1396 01:47:58,756 --> 01:48:00,629 One coffee, $1. 1397 01:48:02,176 --> 01:48:04,133 Out of $5. 1398 01:48:09,515 --> 01:48:14,011 Okay, one coffee, one hot cocoa, that'll be 60 cents. 1399 01:48:15,062 --> 01:48:17,304 McCrea, it ain't worth half that. 1400 01:48:19,400 --> 01:48:20,811 There you go. 1401 01:49:00,064 --> 01:49:03,148 You look cold enough to climb inside a clam shell. 1402 01:49:04,735 --> 01:49:06,525 Here, this'll warm you up. 1403 01:49:13,618 --> 01:49:15,326 What's wrong, you don't want it? 1404 01:49:15,411 --> 01:49:17,036 It's hot chocolate for you. 1405 01:49:17,121 --> 01:49:19,908 Come on, let's take the top off. 1406 01:49:20,917 --> 01:49:23,040 You got that little thing I give you? 1407 01:49:23,336 --> 01:49:24,996 Ket's have a look at it. 1408 01:49:25,922 --> 01:49:28,247 You know, this is very special, Selena. 1409 01:49:29,425 --> 01:49:31,714 My mother got it from her mother. 1410 01:49:31,886 --> 01:49:34,293 You know, I'm not gonna give it just to anybody. 1411 01:49:34,388 --> 01:49:36,925 It's very special for you, okay, sweetheart? 1412 01:49:38,058 --> 01:49:38,923 Here. 1413 01:49:39,100 --> 01:49:40,263 Take that. 1414 01:49:40,435 --> 01:49:42,593 It's a very special thing for you. 1415 01:49:43,980 --> 01:49:45,095 Your hands cold? 1416 01:49:45,190 --> 01:49:46,898 I'm okay. 1417 01:49:48,067 --> 01:49:50,938 - Here, give me your hands. - I'm fine. 1418 01:49:53,114 --> 01:49:54,988 Nobody's gonna see us, sweetheart. 1419 01:49:55,325 --> 01:49:57,116 Here. Come on. Give me your hands. 1420 01:49:57,201 --> 01:49:58,945 My cocoa will spill. 1421 01:49:59,162 --> 01:50:00,656 Oh, gosh. 1422 01:50:02,165 --> 01:50:03,956 I'll buy you another one. 1423 01:50:04,292 --> 01:50:06,829 - Come on, let me dry your hands. - All right. 1424 01:50:07,419 --> 01:50:09,744 Oh, gosh. Your hand's cold. 1425 01:50:11,173 --> 01:50:12,453 I can't. 1426 01:50:12,632 --> 01:50:13,795 I can't. 1427 01:50:21,683 --> 01:50:23,391 No, Daddy, please. 1428 01:50:32,235 --> 01:50:34,903 Come on, now. You know how to do it. I showed you. 1429 01:50:34,987 --> 01:50:38,153 Remember how I showed you? Nobody's gonna see us. 1430 01:50:40,158 --> 01:50:41,321 Come on, baby. 1431 01:50:41,410 --> 01:50:42,690 You remember? 1432 01:50:48,208 --> 01:50:50,414 You remember how I showed you? 1433 01:50:53,129 --> 01:50:54,209 Please. 1434 01:50:54,840 --> 01:50:56,002 Come on. 1435 01:50:57,467 --> 01:50:58,961 Come on, that's it. 1436 01:50:59,094 --> 01:51:00,802 Oh, that's it. 1437 01:51:00,971 --> 01:51:02,844 You're my good girl. 1438 01:51:03,348 --> 01:51:05,138 I love you, Selena. 1439 01:51:05,933 --> 01:51:07,510 You're my good girl. 1440 01:51:11,188 --> 01:51:13,181 You want your change or what? 1441 01:51:18,570 --> 01:51:20,729 No. You keep it. 1442 01:51:54,730 --> 01:51:57,055 I was gonna kill her, Your Honor. 1443 01:51:57,816 --> 01:51:59,358 She tried to do it herself... 1444 01:51:59,443 --> 01:52:01,400 ...but she was still alive. 1445 01:52:01,695 --> 01:52:04,399 She begged me to finish what she started. 1446 01:52:06,115 --> 01:52:08,357 I didn't know if I could do it or not. 1447 01:52:08,909 --> 01:52:12,076 By the time I got back from the kitchen she was dead. 1448 01:52:12,413 --> 01:52:14,655 Just your good luck, I guess. 1449 01:52:17,042 --> 01:52:19,830 They tell me you've waived your right to council. 1450 01:52:20,129 --> 01:52:21,243 Yes, sir. 1451 01:52:21,797 --> 01:52:25,131 I tell you, I've married people who've brought lawyers with them. 1452 01:52:26,218 --> 01:52:28,092 Let's just get this over with. 1453 01:52:30,139 --> 01:52:32,426 Before I sign Detective Mackey's report... 1454 01:52:32,557 --> 01:52:35,760 ...there are a few things I'd like him to clarify for me. 1455 01:52:36,144 --> 01:52:37,554 Ms. Claiborne... 1456 01:52:37,770 --> 01:52:39,348 ...I have several witnesses... 1457 01:52:39,438 --> 01:52:44,231 ...who say they were present when you threatened the life of Vera Donovan. 1458 01:52:45,778 --> 01:52:47,272 Now that's true, is it not? 1459 01:52:47,405 --> 01:52:50,856 Why don't you just go ahead and ask me what you really want to know? 1460 01:52:50,950 --> 01:52:53,655 In due time, Ms. Claiborne. In due time. 1461 01:52:54,578 --> 01:52:57,615 - Is it true you made those threats? - Of course, it's true. 1462 01:52:57,915 --> 01:52:59,824 She told you herself on Saturday. 1463 01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:02,206 I'm sorry. This is a closed hearing. 1464 01:53:03,836 --> 01:53:07,881 The woman sitting over there, the one without a lawyer, that's my mother. 1465 01:53:07,966 --> 01:53:11,334 This isn't a trial. I have every right to be here with her. 1466 01:53:12,845 --> 01:53:14,304 Selena St. George. 1467 01:53:14,430 --> 01:53:17,716 Don't stop. Let's just wrap this up and get back to the mainland. 1468 01:53:17,850 --> 01:53:20,887 This report is incomplete. Maybe before you sign off on this- 1469 01:53:20,978 --> 01:53:24,098 We're in the middle of a questioning here, Miss St. George. 1470 01:53:24,524 --> 01:53:26,646 My mother did not kill Vera Donovan. 1471 01:53:26,943 --> 01:53:30,027 That's funny. I've got 30 pages here that say she did. 1472 01:53:30,112 --> 01:53:32,104 This thing is totally circumstantial. 1473 01:53:32,489 --> 01:53:35,822 I've covered enough courtrooms to know he's got no hard evidence. 1474 01:53:35,909 --> 01:53:39,159 Circumstantial? Samuel Marchant, page 6! 1475 01:53:39,871 --> 01:53:41,947 Tell him what's not in the report. 1476 01:53:42,040 --> 01:53:45,325 You've had the whole weekend to get yourself a lawyer. 1477 01:53:45,543 --> 01:53:48,117 What is it that's not in the report? 1478 01:53:50,465 --> 01:53:52,707 These two women loved each other. 1479 01:53:55,970 --> 01:53:57,464 Oh, really? 1480 01:53:59,015 --> 01:54:01,801 Now that's something we'd like to hear. 1481 01:54:02,851 --> 01:54:04,310 That's something... 1482 01:54:04,394 --> 01:54:07,265 ...we definitely missed in our investigation... 1483 01:54:07,689 --> 01:54:09,064 ...isn't it, Frank? 1484 01:54:11,443 --> 01:54:14,977 Why don't you tell us about this great mutual affection? 1485 01:54:16,740 --> 01:54:18,566 Your personal observations. 1486 01:54:19,868 --> 01:54:22,275 How'd they get along when you'd visit? 1487 01:54:22,912 --> 01:54:25,368 Christmas, birthdays, holidays... 1488 01:54:26,040 --> 01:54:29,872 ...whenever you could tear yourself away from your judicial reportage. 1489 01:54:31,587 --> 01:54:33,912 Why don't you tell us, Miss St. George? 1490 01:54:35,424 --> 01:54:38,045 When was your last visit? 1491 01:54:41,930 --> 01:54:43,009 Miss? 1492 01:54:46,351 --> 01:54:47,976 Fifteen years ago. 1493 01:54:51,690 --> 01:54:54,015 You must have some memory. 1494 01:54:55,568 --> 01:54:58,273 These women were together for 22 years. 1495 01:54:58,655 --> 01:55:01,061 My mother spent the last 10 caring for Vera... 1496 01:55:01,156 --> 01:55:03,991 ...24 hours a day, 365 days a year... 1497 01:55:04,493 --> 01:55:05,952 ...for $80 a week. 1498 01:55:06,120 --> 01:55:07,993 You should quit while you're ahead. 1499 01:55:08,080 --> 01:55:10,369 He says they hated each other. 1500 01:55:10,624 --> 01:55:14,242 I want to know if you hated each other so much why you stayed together? 1501 01:55:15,045 --> 01:55:16,669 There were other jobs... 1502 01:55:16,922 --> 01:55:18,084 ...better jobs. 1503 01:55:19,257 --> 01:55:21,250 Why go through 20 years of hell? 1504 01:55:22,386 --> 01:55:24,841 - Why, Mother? - Please, Miss. This is embarrassing. 1505 01:55:24,930 --> 01:55:27,503 You're supposed to be a professional, aren't you? 1506 01:55:27,808 --> 01:55:29,514 We know I never visited. 1507 01:55:30,309 --> 01:55:31,684 Who did? 1508 01:55:31,769 --> 01:55:34,935 In the past few years, who else has been in that house? 1509 01:55:36,398 --> 01:55:38,058 Doc Collin came once a month. 1510 01:55:38,150 --> 01:55:40,190 Let's not forget Sammy Marchant. 1511 01:55:41,570 --> 01:55:44,654 Nobody else gave a damn whether they lived or died. 1512 01:55:45,157 --> 01:55:47,114 All they had was each other. 1513 01:55:47,743 --> 01:55:49,735 That's why you stayed together. 1514 01:55:50,579 --> 01:55:53,200 I mean, is that what you do when you hate someone? 1515 01:55:53,290 --> 01:55:55,579 You trade off your life for... 1516 01:55:56,501 --> 01:55:59,205 ...what, 20 cents an hour just to keep them going? 1517 01:55:59,462 --> 01:56:01,703 Please, all this is very touching. 1518 01:56:02,798 --> 01:56:06,132 But $1,600,000... 1519 01:56:07,178 --> 01:56:09,336 ...is a little more than 20 cents an hour. 1520 01:56:09,430 --> 01:56:11,636 My mother never knew about the will. 1521 01:56:12,349 --> 01:56:15,184 Come on, Miss St. George. 1522 01:56:15,352 --> 01:56:18,437 The will is eight years old. 1523 01:56:18,814 --> 01:56:20,142 You were there, Frank. 1524 01:56:20,274 --> 01:56:22,729 When Mackey told her about the will. 1525 01:56:22,818 --> 01:56:23,897 You think she knew? 1526 01:56:23,986 --> 01:56:25,361 He is not on trial. 1527 01:56:25,446 --> 01:56:27,319 Neither is my mother. 1528 01:56:27,740 --> 01:56:29,316 Constable? 1529 01:56:36,497 --> 01:56:39,284 She seemed pretty surprised, I guess... 1530 01:56:40,001 --> 01:56:41,329 ...to me. 1531 01:56:45,256 --> 01:56:46,454 That's how I saw it. 1532 01:56:50,761 --> 01:56:53,299 You want us to believe that they were best friends... 1533 01:56:53,389 --> 01:56:57,256 ...and alone for eight years and they never even talked about it? 1534 01:56:57,851 --> 01:57:01,184 I think people can keep secrets a lot longer than eight years. 1535 01:57:01,354 --> 01:57:04,639 A $1,600,000 secret? 1536 01:57:04,732 --> 01:57:06,013 Come on! 1537 01:57:07,694 --> 01:57:10,267 Did you know about the will, Ms. Claiborne? 1538 01:57:12,031 --> 01:57:13,490 No, sir. 1539 01:57:14,659 --> 01:57:18,988 Vera made it pretty clear she was plannin' on takin' it all with her when she went. 1540 01:57:19,247 --> 01:57:22,829 I figured when she died there'd be some laundry and a fare-thee-well. 1541 01:57:22,917 --> 01:57:24,577 Isn't that convenient? 1542 01:57:24,669 --> 01:57:26,329 You don't believe her? 1543 01:57:26,920 --> 01:57:29,043 Then I tell you what, Detective. 1544 01:57:29,130 --> 01:57:32,665 We may be in the presence of a truly gifted criminal mind. 1545 01:57:32,759 --> 01:57:35,380 For eight years she's a heartbeat away... 1546 01:57:35,470 --> 01:57:37,877 ...from being the richest woman on the island. 1547 01:57:38,264 --> 01:57:39,545 So what does she do? 1548 01:57:39,933 --> 01:57:42,602 Does she wait one year and let Vera drown in the tub? 1549 01:57:43,061 --> 01:57:44,685 Three years starving her? 1550 01:57:44,771 --> 01:57:46,348 You're digging in deeper. 1551 01:57:46,439 --> 01:57:48,182 Smother her in her sleep? 1552 01:57:48,566 --> 01:57:49,847 Drug her? 1553 01:57:51,402 --> 01:57:55,020 My mother's plan is far more brilliant than that. 1554 01:57:55,615 --> 01:58:00,904 She waits through eight years of bed pans, sponge baths, diapers and bed sores. 1555 01:58:01,369 --> 01:58:04,869 She waits eight years until Vera's already got one foot in the grave. 1556 01:58:04,956 --> 01:58:06,201 Then what does she do? 1557 01:58:06,291 --> 01:58:08,497 - We know. - That's your theory, isn't it? 1558 01:58:08,585 --> 01:58:11,040 She waited eight years to throw her down the stairs. 1559 01:58:11,129 --> 01:58:13,168 Yes. To make it look like an accident. 1560 01:58:13,256 --> 01:58:16,957 An accident? She ransacked the kitchen for a rolling pin. 1561 01:58:17,051 --> 01:58:18,047 Calm down! 1562 01:58:18,136 --> 01:58:21,006 How will beating Vera to death look like an accident? 1563 01:58:21,097 --> 01:58:23,635 She panicked, just as you're doing now. 1564 01:58:30,230 --> 01:58:32,851 Sammy Marchant brought the mail every day at noon. 1565 01:58:32,941 --> 01:58:34,684 - Why not wait? - She panicked. 1566 01:58:34,776 --> 01:58:37,481 - She knew she had to finish- - How do you know? 1567 01:58:37,571 --> 01:58:39,148 Fourteen years' experience. 1568 01:58:39,239 --> 01:58:41,397 - You've never been wrong. - Not when it counted. 1569 01:58:41,491 --> 01:58:45,323 - That's right, you're 85 for 86, aren't you? - Yes, I am. 1570 01:58:45,495 --> 01:58:48,829 - One case away from a perfect record. - This report is the truth. 1571 01:58:48,915 --> 01:58:52,533 Truth? Bullshit! Why don't you tell him why we're really here? 1572 01:58:59,967 --> 01:59:01,840 Go on. 1573 01:59:04,221 --> 01:59:05,596 Tell him. 1574 01:59:13,146 --> 01:59:14,938 Because she's done it before. 1575 01:59:15,315 --> 01:59:18,684 Wait a minute. Is there some prior felony here, John? 1576 01:59:24,241 --> 01:59:25,734 No, there's not. 1577 01:59:25,825 --> 01:59:27,947 They wouldn't indict her. 1578 01:59:36,377 --> 01:59:38,037 Eighteen years ago... 1579 01:59:39,713 --> 01:59:41,421 ...my father drank some scotch... 1580 01:59:41,507 --> 01:59:43,049 ...and fell down a well. 1581 01:59:44,051 --> 01:59:47,087 Detective Mackey didn't think it was an accident, which is... 1582 01:59:47,638 --> 01:59:49,464 ...why we're here today. 1583 01:59:51,558 --> 01:59:53,598 What do you think, Selena? 1584 01:59:57,188 --> 01:59:59,346 I think that I owe you an apology. 1585 02:00:02,568 --> 02:00:04,644 I called you a son of a bitch. 1586 02:00:06,363 --> 02:00:08,771 You said you thought we were a lot alike. 1587 02:00:08,991 --> 02:00:10,402 And you were right. 1588 02:00:11,827 --> 02:00:14,911 We've both spent the past 18 years prosecuting this woman. 1589 02:00:16,206 --> 02:00:17,784 We came out here... 1590 02:00:18,375 --> 02:00:20,167 ...I know I did... 1591 02:00:20,461 --> 02:00:22,584 ...believing she was guilty. 1592 02:00:23,213 --> 02:00:26,332 We forgot this case is about Vera Donovan... 1593 02:00:26,883 --> 02:00:28,211 ...not my father. 1594 02:00:28,426 --> 02:00:31,213 And what if it wasn't an accident? 1595 02:00:32,054 --> 02:00:33,335 Look... 1596 02:00:36,267 --> 02:00:39,102 ...it's been 18 years. 1597 02:00:40,521 --> 02:00:43,190 I don't know what this has done to you... 1598 02:00:44,358 --> 02:00:46,814 ...but let me tell you, it's consumed me. 1599 02:00:48,696 --> 02:00:51,780 I have lived with this every day of my life. 1600 02:00:53,700 --> 02:00:55,242 Every day. 1601 02:00:59,747 --> 02:01:01,076 But it was wrong... 1602 02:01:01,499 --> 02:01:03,788 ...and I won't do it anymore. 1603 02:01:06,379 --> 02:01:08,917 And if I can say that, my God... 1604 02:01:09,715 --> 02:01:11,210 ...can't you? 1605 02:01:17,723 --> 02:01:19,515 She didn't kill Vera Donovan. 1606 02:01:20,101 --> 02:01:22,769 You've been out here looking for a smoking gun. 1607 02:01:23,019 --> 02:01:24,430 There isn't one. 1608 02:01:24,646 --> 02:01:28,478 All you've got is a 30-page description of a suicide. 1609 02:01:28,691 --> 02:01:30,269 I'm asking you... 1610 02:01:30,652 --> 02:01:32,110 ...as an honorable man... 1611 02:01:34,906 --> 02:01:36,780 ...with all of your experience... 1612 02:01:37,700 --> 02:01:39,111 ...all that you've seen... 1613 02:01:40,620 --> 02:01:42,197 ...would we be here now... 1614 02:01:42,288 --> 02:01:45,657 ...if this was anyone other than Dolores Claiborne? 1615 02:01:47,627 --> 02:01:49,915 This report's the truth! 1616 02:02:15,069 --> 02:02:19,815 I'd like you to know that if you go to trial with this, you'll fail again. 1617 02:02:20,825 --> 02:02:23,944 You'd better ask yourself how you want to finish your career. 1618 02:02:24,494 --> 02:02:26,783 I've got a long list of New York lawyers... 1619 02:02:26,872 --> 02:02:31,450 ...who'd just love to take you and this case apart in front of a jury. 1620 02:02:36,882 --> 02:02:37,996 Mother... 1621 02:02:38,133 --> 02:02:39,876 Come on, let's go. 1622 02:02:40,218 --> 02:02:42,010 They can't hurt you anymore. 1623 02:02:45,432 --> 02:02:46,712 John? 1624 02:02:46,933 --> 02:02:48,475 This is your ball game. 1625 02:02:49,352 --> 02:02:51,723 I'm gonna leave this up to you. 1626 02:02:58,861 --> 02:03:00,319 Come on. 1627 02:03:01,154 --> 02:03:02,483 It's time. 1628 02:04:04,048 --> 02:04:06,254 Even when it's warm here, it's cold. 1629 02:04:09,261 --> 02:04:11,717 It won't be like that in Arizona. 1630 02:04:18,936 --> 02:04:20,431 There is no Arizona. 1631 02:04:23,733 --> 02:04:25,476 I don't have to go. 1632 02:04:26,152 --> 02:04:27,812 It was a lie. 1633 02:04:30,573 --> 02:04:32,233 My editor... 1634 02:04:33,117 --> 02:04:35,240 ...the story, the book... 1635 02:04:35,411 --> 02:04:36,786 ...it's all over. 1636 02:04:42,626 --> 02:04:45,248 Do I still have to worry about you? 1637 02:04:51,467 --> 02:04:53,923 I don't know how to feel about what you did. 1638 02:04:55,430 --> 02:04:56,805 Maybe I never will. 1639 02:05:03,437 --> 02:05:05,395 But I know you did it for me. 1640 02:05:21,121 --> 02:05:23,576 I don't want to lose you again. 1641 02:05:26,167 --> 02:05:27,661 Go on. 1642 02:05:27,877 --> 02:05:29,870 You're not gonna lose me. 1643 02:05:32,423 --> 02:05:34,048 You go on.