All language subtitles for Perry.Mason.2020.S01E07.WEBRip.x264-ION10

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-I didn't do it!
-JUDGE: Order!

Don't give up hope.

WOMAN: It's okay.

Once Sister Alice brings
Charlie back,

Mr. Bart is gonna drop
the charges.

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

WOMAN 2: Cops
barely investigated the case.

MAN: Officer Drake.

OFFICER DRAKE:
I'm gonna help you.

That's not exactly legal.

You don't have a clean chain
of evidence.

Someone murdered Gannon!

And you're as hellbent as he is
on covering this up!

MAN 2: Who else can finger you
for this?

-You really wanna know?
-No. I want them dead.

-Does that say Eric Q. Seidel?
-Him. Mr. Seidel.

MAN: Who's J.H.?

MAN 3: What does this have to do
with the defense

of Emily Dodson?

WOMAN 3: I found J.H.
in a place called Girard,

and Herman Baggerly is chairman.

MAN 3:
Ten days 'til Easter Sunday.

WOMAN 4: We have to run!

WOMAN 5: This church is mine!
Do you remember saying that?

I'm remembering a lot of things
lately, Mama.

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

♪ (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(VOICE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

BIRDY MCKEEGAN:
You're gonna burn your eyes out!

-Alice!
-WHISPERING VOICE: Alice...

Alice!

(MUTTERING)
Damn you. Willful little...

-(GRUNTS)
-(ENGINE SPUTTERS)

(VOICE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

(CAR MOTOR RUNNING)

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

What's your trouble?

Empty tank.

Where you headed?

Next town.

-MAN: Rush Springs?
-If that's what it's called.

-(SIGHS) You're not from here.
-BIRDY: Saskatoon.

-Where is that now?
-Canada.

Far stretch from home.

It is. It is.

I can get you started.
I always carry an extra gallon.

BIRDY: Oh, I don't want
to put you out, friend.

Ah, I wouldn't have stopped
if I didn't mean to help.

Well, I-- I-- I thank you.

Christian thing to do.

That your girl?

Yes, sir.

What's she looking for up there?

Oh.

Alice. Come here.

(SCOFFS)

She can get moody.

-(LIQUID POURING)
-MAN: I don't blame her.

I do not blame her one jot.

Well...

That'll get you to Rush Springs.

BIRDY: Do they have
a gas station there?

A pump, maybe.

Not much else.

Lawton,
now that's a proper town.

How far is that?

(SIGHS) Farther than a gallon.

I can't lie, mister.

We got nothing.

No gas, no food, nor money
to pay for either of 'em.

Well...

I'd surely like
to help all I can.

And not ask for much in return.

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

-Alice. Alice.
-(MAN CLEARS THROAT)

The Lord has sent this good man
to rescue us.

Go and thank him.

MAN:
Hello, young lady.

Hmm. Aren't you pretty.

WHISPERING VOICE:
And may God watch over us...

EMILY DODSON:
And may God watch over us...

WHISPERING VOICE:
...and help us live our days...

EMILY:
...and help us live our days

with thankful hearts
and loving ways.

BIRDY: Amen.

Amen.

Something on your mind,
daughter?

Just wondering
what the Lord has in store.

Well, we'll know soon enough,
won't we?

Is it all right
if I start eating?

Mm-hmm.

♪ (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JIM HICKS: Best keep up.

You get turned around
in three paces out here,

and you wind up
face down in a ditch.

You think I'm gonna shoot you?

The thought had crossed my mind.

(COYOTE HOWLS)

HICKS:
Pack of coyotes out here.

Lost a good dog
and ten chickens.

You see something moving...

(GUN CLICKS)

This was supposed to be
the village for the Olympics.

Way the heck out here.

Whose idea was that?

Herman Baggerly and Eric Seidel.

Bought it up by the handful.
Used a shell company.

Sunroot Services.

Convinced themselves
they'd make a killing.

Look at it now.

How'd it end up in your hands?

What kind of man
are you, Mr. Mason?

(SCOFFS)

A piss-poor one,
if I were to be honest.

I've been a drunkard,
a liar, and a thief.

PERRY MASON: Well, I can
match you there, Mr. Hicks.

What about now?

Let's just say I'm trying
to make up for it.

Sister Alice changed my life.

You won't hear a word
against her from me.

-But?
-HICKS: The ledger you brought.

You understand what's in it?

Well, I know George Gannon
was rigging the numbers.

And I think Seidel gave him
the go-ahead.

But if you know
what they were up to,

I wish you'd tell me.

'Cause it would go a long way
to redeeming

a couple of old sinners.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

MASON:
What are you doing, Mr. Hicks?

Showing you what you came for.

-♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Didn't ever think I'd get you
all to myself.

This must be my lucky night.
(CHUCKLES)

Miss Nina,
all you had to do was ask.

(CHUCKLES) Ain't so bad-looking
outta that uniform.

You're looking pretty fine
yourself.

Mmm, look at you,
lying so smooth. (CHUCKLES)

Feeling better these days?

Still got that stomach bug.

Too bad you ain't been
well enough to get that file

outta your desk.

Thank you for fetching it.

NINA PREER: Mm-hmm.
Just so we clear,

my ofay sugar daddy downtown

do anything
keep this girl happy.

But that gets locked up
again tomorrow.

Yes, ma'am.
I hear you, Miss Nina.

-I hear you.
-(CHUCKLES)

Who you chasing after, anyways?

-Bad man with a badge.
-NINA: Another cop?

Oh, baby, ain't you black
and blue enough already?

Hmm. I guess it's time
to choose one or the other.

NINA: Go catch your bad man.

And maybe next time,
we can meet up for real.

Now, Miss Nina,
I'm married. You know that.

I am too, baby.
But every dog

gets let out in the yard
now and then.

-(LAUGHS)
-Go on now.

-NINA: Bye, baby.
-Bye, Miss Nina.

♪ (JAZZ MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING) ♪

-(HAMMERING, NAILS CLANGING)
-(GROANS)

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"

-(HAMMERING)
-(GROANING)

"Father, Father,
why have you forsaken me?"

-(ACTOR GROANS)
-"As the centurions drove

the nails
into his bloody palms..."

(EVIL LAUGHTER)

SISTER ALICE MCKEEGAN:
"...into his blistered feet..."

(GROANS)

"Was this his reward
for healing the sick

and raising the dead--"

ELDER BROWN:
Raising what, Sister?

A record take-in
for the collection box?

-TECHNICIAN: Hey!
-FOLLOWER: Out of the way.

-TECHNICIAN: What are you doing?
-FOLLOWER: Move aside. Now.

TECHNICIAN: (MUFFLED)
You can't be in here.

SISTER ALICE:
Well, folks,

it seems the Pharisees
have found us

in our very own KRA Studios.

Elder Brown,
you've misread your gospel.

The Lord threw out
the moneylenders,

not the other way around.

If you'd like to sit--

Someone's here
to see you, Sister.

The doors of the church are open
to everybody, seven days a week.

Surely, you won't deny this man.

It wasn't easy for him
to get here.

-♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-(CROWD MURMURING)

You remember Robert,
don't you, Sister?

You healed him a few weeks back.

Brothers and sisters,
the Radiant Hour of Power

-will be taking a short--
-(MIC FEEDBACK)

-Get your hands off of me!
-ELDER BROWN: Robert,
why don't you lift yourself up

and thank Sister
for this miracle?

I can't.

The healing didn't take
but a few hours.

I was back in my chair
the next day.

How do you explain that, Sister?

-He...
-Why did it fail?

-(VOICE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
-It failed...

because he lacked faith.

What was that? I don't think
the listeners can hear you.

Because he lacked faith.

Because he lacked faith!

Without faith, it is impossible
to please Him.

For he that cometh to God
must believe.

(MUFFLED) Robert,
why have you lacked faith?

You and I, standing up there,
we all saw it...

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

God is with you!

You could have given me
some notice.

It's one thing
to surprise the DA,

it's another to spring it on me.

You know what I know.
What more do you want?

DELLA STREET:
I just want some idea

of where you think
you're going with this.

I'm gonna use Hicks
to set up Seidel,

get Baggerly to state
that Seidel brought him in
on the Olympic deal,

and hammer away
at the 100,000-dollar debt.

You mean, just forget about
Barnes suborning perjury
from the jail matron?

No, he wants me to chase that
down a hole.

-No, I'm gonna punch him
in the nuts till he squeaks.
-Jesus.

What, did I offend you?

Look. Just keep it simple
with Hicks.

Don't get tied down
with numbers.

-We just need the jury
to understand--
-Where's the bag?

I had Hazel bring it
up the back stairs.

In case one of Barnes' men
was watching.

Hey, hey, hey! Hey, I'm sorry.
Can I get one from you?

-What?
-I got all the biggest cases.

I got Eddie Hickman, he murdered
that 12-year-old.

I got Gordon Northcott,
he sawed off the Mexican's head!

Uh, I got Louise Peete,
the Lady Strangler.

The Attic Man! Ma'am, are you--
are you anyone important?

-Me? No.
-Mr. Mason! Mr. Mason!

Yeah?

-Fuck you!
-(CROWD CLAMORING)

(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)

What is the business
of Sunroot Services?

None.

It conducts no business
of any kind?

HICKS: It has
no physical presence,

it produces nothing,
it employs no one.

MASON: Huh. And yet...

the Radiant Assembly of God's
accountant, George Gannon,

often wrote checks
to this shell of a company. Why?

HICKS: So the church could claim
an asset on its general ledger.

Mr. Gannon mailed the checks
to himself.

He was stealing from the church?

The church was stealing
from the church.

MASON: Could you,
in the simplest terms possible,

-explain this--
-MAYNARD BARNES: Objection.

What does any of this
have to do with Emily Dodson?

Well, uh, Mr. Hicks
was the accountant

prior to Mr. Gannon,
and since Mr. Gannon

is no longer with us,
uh, Mr. Hicks,

I'm sure, can tell us
of the stress,

the great stress that Mr. Gannon
was surely feeling

prior to his kidnapping plot.

Proceed, Mr. Mason,
and hurry the horse.

It's Good Friday,
and we all have families.

Mr. Hicks, why was the church
engaging in such...

shady financial practices?

HICKS:
The Radiant Assembly of God

is the biggest house of worship
west of the Mississippi.

It was built
in less than two years.

Takes a lot of fast money.

They took out a bank loan?

Several bank loans, with terms
a mobster would blush at.

-Objection.
-JUDGE FRED WRIGHT: Sustained.

Uh, maybe in less
colorful terms, Mr. Hicks?

We got ourselves in a debt
we could never pay back.

And what did
the church elders do

when they realized that
the collection plates

wouldn't even cover the interest
on the loan,

much less the loans themselves?

HICKS:
They bought a radio network

at similar terms and rates.

MASON: Doubling down
on an already unpayable debt?

If you were just looking
at the numbers.

Well, what other way
is there to look at it?

A national salvation of souls.

Sister Alice's voice
in every living room in America.

What's the price on that?

-(CHUCKLES)
-Yes, yes.

And, uh, the church elders,
Seidel in particular,

knew that you had schemes

that would keep
their debt at bay?

HICKS:
The schemes were Seidel's. I...

just knew
how to put them on paper.

Can only spread it around
so much, Eric.

That's not what you were saying
a year ago, is it, Mr. Hicks?

"Do not worry yourself,"
you said!

And you said
wait till she's on the radio.

Well, she's on the radio,
and we're in it twice as deep.

-Fix it. Fix it.
-I won't do it anymore.

MASON: And what happened
when you told Elder Seidel

you could no longer
hide their debt?

HICKS:
Brought in George Gannon,

had me show him
what I was doing...

offered me a plot of land
in Girard.

For my silence.

For your silence?

For your silence.

Thank you, Mr. Hicks.

No further questions.

Mr. Hicks, did you know
Emily Dodson?

HICKS: I spent more time
than I should have

in the counting room
of the Temple.

I do not recall
ever meeting Mrs. Dodson.

And you left the church's employ

prior to the crimes
we're litigating here, correct?

-Yes.
-And in fact, other than

your personal interpretation

of this one ledger,

you have no evidence
to support your wild claims

about financial misconduct
at the church, do you?

I have the books and records.

Excuse me?

The original books and records

when I was the accountant
for the church.

I gave them to Mr. Mason.

You stole the original books
and records?

I copied them out of precaution,

so that when it all came out,
I-- I wouldn't be blamed.

-♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-(GALLERY WHISPERING)

Thank you.
They're right here, Mr. Barnes,

should you wish to look at them.

-No further questions.
-Redirect, Your Honor?

-Yes.
-Thank you.

Mr. Hicks...

are these...

the financial records
for the Radiant Assembly

from 1925 to 1930,

records that would prove

the church was
in severe financial distress

-at the time you left?
-Yes.

And if looked at closely
by a professional eye,

how much debt
would these records say

the church was carrying?

Just over 100,000 dollars.

(GASPING AND MURMURING)

One hundred thousand dollars.

Thank you, Mr. Hicks.
No further questions.

(WATER RUNNING)

-Go.
-I got Ennis in Denver.

Breaking heads for
Colorado Fuel and Iron in 1914.

I got Nowak there,
same time, same job.

Nice work, huh?

I mean, it's not flattering
to compliment yourself--

And I got something else.

Eric Seidel.

Chief Financial Officer,
Colorado Fuel and Iron.

In Denver. In 1914.

He's going on the stand.

I am gonna tie him, Ennis,

and the two Polacks in a knot

so Barnes can fuck himself
trying to untangle them.

You are gonna keep an eye on him
until I can get him served.

Keep him in a closet
if you have to.

You want me to watch
this guy all weekend?

-Yeah.
-I just spent three days
in Denver.

And now you're back.
What's the problem?

What?

-What's that smell?
-Someone threw garbage on me.

The fuck's going on
in this town?

Do not, do not let Seidel
out of your sight.

Do you understand me?

Hey.

You almost looked like
a lawyer up there.

...and demanding
a 100,000-dollar ransom payment,

is that correct?

The kidnappers made it clear
to my son

that if we wanted
to see Charlie alive,

the police should not
be involved.

And when you say, "my son,"
you mean Matthew Dodson,

whose paternity you denied

until it was revealed
in the press?

BARNES: Badgering, Your Honor.

You damned impertinent--

Consider yourself warned,
Mr. Mason.

Herman, isn't it true you used
to be the main benefactor

for the Radiant Assembly
of God?

I am no longer associated
with that church.

But when you were a member,
you knew that George Gannon

was the church accountant,
correct?

I had no business
with Mr. Gannon.

My dealings were
with Elder Seidel.

So Eric Seidel...

is the person in charge
of all the Church's finances?

Objection. Again,
it's not clear

what the church's finances
have to do

-with Charlie Dodson's murder.
-MASON: And it's not clear

what this photograph
has to do with your objection.

(GALLERY MURMURING)

(GAVEL BANGS)

JUDGE WRIGHT: The witness
will answer the question.

I'm afraid I've forgotten
what that was.

Mr. Baggerly,
is Eric Seidel the person

who oversees
the Assembly's finances?

-Yes.
-MASON:
He relied on you for money

when the Church
was running deficits, yes?

I made donations.
A few investments.

Investments like that
worthless piece of land

comprising Woodland Acres?

The land is not worthless.

And yet, you cut all funding
to the Assembly

when that investment failed.

You must have been
pretty fed up.

-Your Honor!
-JUDGE WRIGHT: Mr. Mason,

you will cease
your editorializing immediately.

Just to be absolutely clear,
Herman, when was the last time

Eric Seidel asked you
for a donation?

Sometime after Thanksgiving.

MASON:
And the amount requested?

I don't recall.

Did you give him the money?

I did not.

Early December 1931,

the single biggest source for
a church $100,000 in debt...

snaps the lock on the vault.

Three weeks later,
Charlie Dodson,

Herman Baggerly's grandchild,
is kidnapped,

ransomed, and murdered

for an attempted extortion
of 100,000 dollars.

-Objection.
-MASON:
I have no further questions.

JUDGE WRIGHT:
Your witness, Mr. Barnes.

Mr. Baggerly, to be clear,
you did not know George--

What got screwed in the Bible
gets screwed again!

FRAT GUY 2:
"Vass you dere, Sharlie?"

Go Bruins!

-(GAVEL POUNDING)
-JUDGE WRIGHT: Order!

-(GALLERY SHOUTING)
-Get out of here.

Bailiff!

-MAN: Get out of the way!
-(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

I'm just asking
for a little more time.

BANK MANAGER:
Given the outstanding payments

on the existing loans,
extending additional coverage

for your organization is just--

It's simply not something
that we can arrange.

I am sorry.

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

NEWSBOY: (SHOUTING)
Extree, extree!

New developments
in the Dodson case!

(CONTINUES SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY)

Extree, extree! New developments
in the Dodson case!

Emily.

Just a minute.

Please.

You heard the testimony today.

I just want you to consider
the possibility

that the Radiant Assembly
might not have

your best interests at heart.

No one there has ever hurt me.

I'm not sure that's true.
And come this Sunday--

Come this Sunday, Mr. Mason,
this will all be over.

And everyone
in that courtroom,

everyone in this city,

will beg me to forgive them.

But I don't know if I can.

We think the wisest thing
for you to do this weekend

is stay as far away
from the cemetery as possible.

For your own safety.

You saw yourself
what people are willing to do--

I'm not gonna lose him twice.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

We could have her committed.

-How quickly?
-I was joking.

I think.

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

-(STREET VENDOR CALLING)
-♪ (BRASS BAND PLAYING) ♪

(CROWD CHANTING)

(CHEERING)

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

(CHEERING AND WHISTLING)

(MAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN)

RALLY SPEAKER:
...support your families.

Fuck.

(CROWD CHEERING)

RALLY SPEAKER:
We understand that you deserve

not only the compensation,

but also the eternal gratitude

of your country.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(DISTANT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)

(GLASSES CLINKING)

♪ (SPANISH MUSIC
PLAYING OVER RADIO) ♪

I need to talk to you
about something.

Okay. Cut me some slack.
I've had a tough day.

You know what happens
when you don't pay

your property taxes
five years in a row?

No.

No, no, no, no, no.

LUPE GIBBS: There were a lot
of bidders in that auction.

I didn't think I'd get it,
but...

I beat them all.

You bought my house?

It was gonna be sold
one way or another.

You bought my house.

I bought it two weeks ago.

Title got transferred today.

-When were you gonna tell me?
-LUPE: I'm telling you now.

You could've said something.

You could-- you--
you could've been--

you could've been
straight with me.

I said it like 50 times.

"I'm gonna buy your house,
I'm gonna knock it down,

and I'm gonna turn it
into an airstrip."

Didn't you hear me?

That's not how you treat...

You-- you and me, we were--
we were--

-A couple?
-(SIGHS)

It's never good to lie
to yourself.

I-- I knew what we were.

I just didn't think
you were fucking me

so you could fuck me.

-You're a snake.
-I'm a businesswoman, papi.

I'll give you a month.

And I promise,

I'll leave your folks
where they are.

Well, isn't that fucking
generous.

LUPE: You're gonna thank me
for this.

Not a fucking chance.

♪ ("SWEET SUE"
BY JIM REEVES PLAYING) ♪

PIANIST: (SINGING)
♪ Every star above ♪

♪ Knows the one I love ♪

♪ Sweet Sue ♪

♪ Just you ♪

♪ No one else, it seems... ♪

That is the Astrakhan caviar,
you know.

Sorry.

Between the smoke bombs
and the raising of the dead,

I'm not very hungry.

Has it occurred to you that
you're too wrapped up in this?

How wrapped up should I be?

Enough to wanna see
your client go free.

Not so much that you lose
a night's sleep if she doesn't.

That's how you do it?

Well, I'd never take this case.

Why not?

Because the defendant
is just the sort of person

-you'd love to see hanged.
-(DELLA SCOFFS)

(HAMILTON BURGER CHUCKLES)

If that's how you feel,
why did you help Perry?

You asked me to.

So, if you're not
gonna eat this--

I need a court order to stop
the resurrection on Sunday.

On what grounds?

On the grounds that it's gonna
get Emily Dodson convicted.

-(SIGHS)
-Disturbing the peace,

public nuisance,
incitement to riot,

you can come up with something.

Please, Ham.

Like I said,
I wouldn't take the case.

What'd be interesting, though,

would be poking
into the finances

of the Radiant Assembly.

I bet there's a nice
little scandal there,

just waiting to be unearthed.

So you can run for DA
next year?

Have we decided
on an entrée, sir?

Oh. Uh...

I'll have
Sweetbread Virginienne,

and my fiancée would like
the Chicken Sous Cloche.

Very good, Mr. Burger.

Thank you.

-(DELLA CHUCKLES)
-What do you think?

I think you wouldn't like
the headline if you got caught.

(SCOFFS)

Besides,
isn't he a little young?

Oh. How old is Hazel again?

A gentleman would never ask.

Is that what I am?

(CHUCKLES)

Della, you are the only person
in this town

that I can be honest with.

PIANIST: (SINGING)
♪ I'll be satisfied ♪

♪ So make the most of fun
And laughter ♪

♪ That's what I always say ♪

♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

I don't know what to tell you.

Tell me you fucked up.

I went up and down
every block.

Every bar,
every goddamn hotel lobby.

I even went to the church,
staked out his house--

But you fucked up.

I--I brought you the lead.

I connected Gannon to the books.

Seidel to Ennis.

I helped you steal a corpse.

And now you fucked up.
Just say it.

Yes. Yes, I fucked up.

I fucked up,
like you never done 100 times,

and I covered your sorry ass.

Pete, I wasn't defending
someone on a murder rap then.

I don't get a second chance.

I don't-- I don't get
to stand up in court

and say to the judge,
"Do you mind--

do you mind waiting
another week?"

I need-- I needed that guy.

I trusted you to box him in,
and-- and--- and--

and you--
and you lost him.

But what does it matter?

Just make it up
on your next big capital case.

Read me another chapter
of fucking Lipstick Girl.

The fuck's happening to you?

I am fighting
for a woman's life!

That's what's fucking happening!

I can't lose, Pete.

I can't--
I can't fuck this up like...

Fuck.

-(EXHALES)
-PETE STRICKLAND: You're right.

You should put Dinge Tracy
on this.

(SIGHS)

-What?
-Officer Drake. You should--

Pay me out...

let him swallow your shit.

'Cause I just did it
one time too many, Perry.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪

Excuse me.

Do you know where
the manager is?

La oficina.

There's no one there.

Maybe you can help me.

I'm looking for these men.

These?

-Do you remember seeing them?
-MANAGER: We're all booked up.

Oh, I'm just looking
for some information.

About what?

These men.
Do you recognize them?

They stayed here
around Christmas.

Might've had a baby with them.

Says who?

Says a call to the Los Angeles
Police Department

from a witness.

You're a cop?

I couldn't tell you
who stayed here

-three months ago.
-Can I see your guest register?

MANAGER: There isn't one.

You don't register your guests.

I just look 'em over
and use my judgment.

I bet you do, ma'am.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(ENGINE STARTS)

Those men, I-- I remember them.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

-Hey.
-Anyone see you?

No. I-- I got off the Red Line
at Ethel and walked.

-Smart boy.
-ELDER SEIDEL: Yeah.

Uh...

I can't get on the stand.

Mason will tear me apart.

He-- he got into our records.

He knows.

DETECTIVE ENNIS: He can't
call you if he can't find you.

Here, take this.

Bus to San Diego,
train from there.

-You got cash?
-Yeah.

So you're sitting pretty.

My house.
I mean, everything I own--

It's not going anywhere.

Let 'em stake it out
until they get fed up.

Meanwhile, you're sipping juleps
on the Crescent Line.

What we did to that baby...

Yeah, no one wanted that.

-We were just trying to help.
-Yeah.

Hop in.
I'll drop you at the depot.

Come on.
You know you're gonna do it.

Okay.

Uh, hey, Joe,

thanks for--

-(ENNIS GRUNTING)
-(SEIDEL GASPING)

(GRUNTS)

-(BIRDS CAWING)
-(PLANE PROPELLER RUNNING)

Am I interrupting?

The one thing
that my father took to the grave

was that we owned this.

His last 10 acres
of San Fernando dirt.

I'm trying to figure out
how I tell him

that I managed to lose it.

And then, I thought,
what does he care?

'Cause he's been dead
for 12 years.

The only person
it matters to now...

is me.

(SIGHS)

My father owned
two pairs of overalls

and a Liberty Bond
he split with his brother.

You wanna hear what I found?

Sure.

Nowak and Sarecki.

They were holed up
at a motor court

outside of Newhall,
end of December.

-Alone?
-Not alone.

They had a kid with them.

Wouldn't stop crying.
Everybody heard him.

-Who saw the kid?
-Nobody.

But a third man shows up
with his wife.

What?

His Chinese wife.
Then no more crying.

Just happy baby noises.

-Ennis?
-Maybe.

And the wife?

She had a lot going on upstairs.

What do you mean, like,
she was a math professor?

No.

And where would Ennis
find a Chinese woman

with special skills?

Madame Jin's.

Here's how I think
we should go at this.

You show them your badge,
we brace them,

they cough up whichever girl
we need to talk to.

I ain't doing this
under the badge.

Why not?

'Cause I got no
legal authority here,

-and neither do you.
-They don't know that.

We pull some shit,
they call Ennis,

and we're screwed.
Is that what you want?

Paul, let me tell you
how I operate--

I know how you operate.
It's not how I operate.

All right, let's start
this conversation again.

Here's what I think
should happen.

You show your badge,
we brace 'em, they cough up--

Yes. What you looking for?

Pretty silk for wife?

We're here to get laid.

White man only.

-Okay.
-Okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN MANDARIN)

(WOMAN GIGGLES)

(CHATTER CONTINUES)

You pick one already.

Um... thing is,

I'm-- I'm looking for something
very, very...

special.

What type?
Young? Old?

Uh, uh...

Do you have this?
Milk-- milkmaids?

Jacklin!
(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

Yeah. Yes. Yeah.
Yeah, we'll have... fun.

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

Sorry.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(WHISPERING) No, no, no, no.
You don't have to do that.

I just--
I just wanna talk to you.

Talk-- talk-- talk to you.

Do you-- do you know
a policeman named Ennis?

Uh-- um-- po-- policeman.

Um, policeman.

Nas-- nasty,
beady-eyed policeman.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

I know.

Uh, okay. Thank you.

Did he take you on a trip?

-Trip?
-Um, did he, um--

Did he drive you somewhere?
There was a baby.

Not me.

Someone else?
Someone you know?

(SOBBING)

Tang Yin...
(SPEAKING IN MANDARIN)

I can't-- I don't--

I can't--
Um, can you say it in English?

Tang Yin.

Is that a name?

He take her away.

One week, she gone.

He come back, then...

She-- she uses heroin?

She use.

We all use.

Where is she?
Can I-- can I talk to her?

I can-- I can help her.

I can make her safe.

He come here other night.

She die.

You mean Ennis killed her?

(DOOR SLAMS)

MADAME JIN:
You not here to have fun!

(GRUNTING)

(GLASS SHATTERS)

(SHOUTING IN MANDARIN)

(WOMEN SCREAMING)

(MASON GROANING)

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

(SHOUTING CONTINUES)

(MEN GRUNTING)

-(CHAIN RATTLING)
-(GROANS)

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

(MASON GROANS)

(DRAKE GRUNTS)

-(GUN CLICKS)
-DRAKE: Mm-mm.

Tell me again
about how you operate.

(GROANS)

DRAKE: Let's go.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Who's there?

(CIGARETTE FIZZLES)

I was smoking. I'm sorry.

I know you don't like it.

SISTER ALICE:
Who told you that?

Your mother.

Give me one.

I won't tell if you don't tell.

You wanna know a secret?

Yes.

Old Gold Tobacco offered me
5,000 dollars

to endorse their cigarettes
on our radio show.

Are you gonna take it?

Mother thinks we should.
Then we can move on

-to face cream and toothpaste.
-(CHUCKLES)

Who knows what else?

We'd be rolling in it then,
wouldn't we?

Aren't you rich already?

You tell me a secret.

I know you have one.

I don't think
you're gonna like it.

Try me.

The night they took Charlie,

I-- I was on the phone
with George,

and he was telling me
how much he loved me,

how much he missed me...

and how much
he loved Charlie, and...

like he was his own.

And it... it felt like
coming back to life.

Felt like a miracle.

You're doubting me.

No, no.

SISTER ALICE:
Why wouldn't you?

I'm promising you something
that hasn't happened

in 2,000 years.

And who am I? (CHUCKLES)

You're Sister Alice.
You're the Church.

But do you think
I can talk to God?

Do you think
I can hear His voice?

Do you think
I can reach into the ground

and bring a baby
back from the dead?

What do you know
about me at all?

Say it.

Sister...

are you lying to me?

I swear...

after tomorrow,
nothing will be the same.

(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)

-(DOOR CLOSES)
-(SIGHS)

VIRGIL SHEETS:
Why do I even let you in here?

MASON: Because in your heart,
you wanna do good.

No, in my heart,
I want you to leave me alone.

MASON:
After this, I will.

Okay. If this one turns up
in a bowling alley

wearing a party hat,

I'm gonna pry open your skull
with a claw hammer.

The way things are going,
I will let you.

Jane Doe, working girl.

Came in last night at 8:52.

No, wait. No, two nights ago.

How do you know
she's a working girl?

Oh, gross evidence
of gonorrhea and chlamydia.

Needle marks all down her arm.

Aside from that, just guessing.

Virg, what happens to an infant
nursing from a junked-up mother?

Why are you asking me that?

What happens?

Please, Virg.

He'd suffocate.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Come on, let's go, police!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

Hey, get--
Come on, get out of the way.

Get out of here.
Get out of here.

Hey, hey, hey!
Get out of here.

Hey, hey, hey!
No vehicles past here.

I'm Emily Dodson's lawyer.

I don't care
if you're Clara Bow's lingerie.

Now, turn this thing around.

Oh, hey, guys, come on!
Hey, you, you, you, back up!

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

-(CROWD CLAMORING)
-MAN 1: Murderer!

MAN 2: Rot in hell,
you blaspheming...

Emily, can I-- can I talk?
Emily?

Emily, can I talk to you?

Can we stop this?

-Sister Alice? Can we--
-...resurrection and the life.

Whoever believes in me--

Will get a free set of dishes
and a year's supply of Ovaltine!

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

MASON:
Excuse me. Excuse me.

Hey! I don't like
the feel of this.

-I've got to talk to Emily.
-She won't hear a word you say.

They brought in
one of Madame Jin's girls

as a wet nurse for Charlie.
A-- a-- a hophead.

He overdosed on her milk,
they were fucked.

-This isn't the time--
-It's got to be Ennis.

It's got to be.
He connects it all.

If I can put him on the stand,
I can break him. I know I can.

Before this mumbo-jumbo
scotches everything.

Excuse me, excuse me.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Don't do this. Don't do this.

If you care about Emily,

if her acquittal matters to you,
walk away right now.

Just walk away.
Right now! Walk away!

Come back to me.
Please come back to me.

(ALL CLAMORING)

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(WHISPERING) Come back to us.
Yes. Yes. Yes, yes...

(WHISPERING)
Yes. Yes, you are here. Yes.

-MAN 3: She can't even open it!
-(CROWD LAUGHING)

SISTER ALICE:
Yes. Yes.

MAN 4:
Let the baby out, come on!

Yes. Yes.

Oh, order on order.

order on order,
line on line,

a little here, a little there.

(CHANTING IN TONGUES)

(WOMAN 1 SCREAMS)

It's all lies!

(ALL SHOUTING)

You're a liar! Liar! liar!

-BIRDY: Alice!
-EMILY: Just put me in there.

Just put me in there,
I don't care anymore.

(CLAMORING)

We need to get out of here.

BIRDY: Alice!

Go! Go!

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(SOBBING)

EMILY: I don't care anymore.

I don't care anymore.
I don't care anymore!

I wanna be with my baby.

I wanna be with my baby.

I just wanna be with my baby.

I wanna be with my baby.

(WOMAN 2 SCREAMS)

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Alice! Alice! Alice!

(WOMAN 3 SHRIEKS)

Come on. Go!

(CROWD CLAMORING)

♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

(CAR HORN HONKS)

(MASON GROANS)

(HORN HONKS)

-Did you hit anyone?
-I don't know.

-(GLASS SHATTERS)
-DELLA: Jesus Christ!

MASON: Drive faster!

You okay?

Alice. Look at me. Look at me.

Okay. It's just a bloody nose.

Okay? That's all.
I'll make it better.

Take a right at Virgil.

DRIVER: Shouldn't we follow
the motorcycles, ma'am?

Do as I say.

Listen. We can survive this.

There's always
a different story to tell.

But you have to trust me.

Will you do that?

Hmm?

Okay? Alice?

DRIVER: Ma'am?

There's something in the road.

This is where we're meant to be.

(CROWD MURMURING)

You wait. You watch.

WOMAN 4:
Is it okay?

(BABY CRIES)

Charlie Dodson.

I'm Birdy McKeegan.

And this is Charlie Dodson.

Charlie Dodson lives.

Oh, this is a miracle child.

Charlie Dodson lives.

Charlie Dodson lives!

Do you understand?
Charlie Dodson lives.

Write it down!
Write it down now!

Alice! This is you!

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

This is your miracle.

This is you. You did this.

Alice, hold him.

-(BABY CRIES)
-Hold him. He's yours.

I know what you're trying to do.

And what you think you want,
but it's not gonna work.

It's not gonna happen.
There's too much at stake.

There's nothing else out there.

Nothing above, below,
or in between.

It's just you and me, Alice.

Okay? It's just you and me.

Do you understand that, Alice?
It's just you and me.

Charlie Dodson lives!
Alice! Alice!

Alice! Alice!

Alice!

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(HORN HONKING)

Charlie Dodson lives!

Delivered from God.
Don't you understand?

Yes! This is a miracle baby.

(FLASH BULB POPS)

(GASPING)

(PANTING)

♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

PERRY MASON: I know how
Charlie died.

I've never wanted anything more
than to find

those who were responsible,
and make them pay.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Mrs. Dodson, isn't it
your fault Charlie's dead?

This man Ennis,
you don't understand,

if he wants you gone,
you're gone.

He is a detective
that has killed!

We have to go after him!

-I'm just about out of moves.
-You said,

"just about out of moves."

Ladies and gentlemen,
find that woman guilty.

I'm not done yet!

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪