True Crime Page #9

It's just that I...

I'm just kind of coming apart here,

and I didn't...

I know it's nobody's fault

but my own.

I need you. I got to put

these pieces back together.

I feel sorry for you.

You and your famous nose for a story.

You think you can just...

...sniff your way along, you know?

From one hunch to another...

...one girl to another, one drink to

another when you're drinking.

But I'm not one of your stories, Ev.

I'm your wife.

You can't line up all the facts...

...and think you know something

about me.

Your hunches...

...are sh*t.

Even when they're right, they're sh*t.

They're all I've got.

I hope they do somebody

some good someday...

...because they sure as hell didn't

do us any good, did they?

I packed all your stuff.

You can take it now,

or you can come back later.

Please, just get out.

Get out of here, Ev, please.

Just get out.

Sometimes, the governor's aides call me

on matters that concern the governor.

In giving spiritual guidance

and ministrations...

...I might have misunderstood what

the prisoner said to me.

But these things happen

from time to time.

If he says, meaning the prisoner...

...says, "I'm sorry,"

under these extreme...

You know what you've done, right?

I have to call the governor.

I have to issue a retraction to the

press to say there's no confession.

Beechum has his own pastor.

What the hell were you doing?

You made me look unprofessional.

Not a good thing to do.

Spiritually speaking.

If any of the men

feel they need counseling...

...I'll be here.

Long as they need me...

...I'll be here.

You sure you want to do this?

Does a bear sh*t on Goldilocks?

I don't know.

I've never been asked that before.

That's the trouble with having kids.

It screws up your quips.

So you're seriously rolling off

the wagon. Must have been a rough day.

Yeah, lost my wife, lost my kid...

...Iost my goddamn job.

Is that rough enough?

Did you lose your car too?

Because if you start

driving in this...

I'm the best f***ing driver

on the planet.

I'm talking to a dead man.

Will you leave me

your stamp collection?

How about filling this up?

I ain't eaten anything all day, either.

Jesus Christ!

Go the f*** home, will you?

Ain't got no home.

I ain't got no f***ing home.

You have confidence...

... the state should sanction

an execution to satisfy your rage.

Wait. This isn 't about

my rage. Let's be honest.

My daughter was killed in cold

blood for no reason.

He took $96...

... and a ring

and a locket I'd given her...

... for her 16th birthday.

My Warren...

...was a loving child.

That's someone who doesn 't deserve

rights as a human being.

- Will you be there tonight?

- You bet.

July 15?

July 15.

Mind if I use your bathroom?

You know where it is, right?

The f***ing money!

Don't hurt me, please.

What the f***?

This is all you f***ing got?

The 4th of July.

We're not that busy.

Give me the chain!

- F***ing chain!

- No, please, not that!

Amy?

Jesus!

Still on the Beechum story...

... the report we got

an hour ago...

... in which Frank Beechum

confessed to his crime...

Are you driving?

You sack of sh*t! Let's get going!

There are two executioners.

Each one has a button.

Each button is connected

to a computer...

...that scrambles the circuits

so no one knows who does it.

Brother Beechum, let me

tell you of the Lord.

He is my refuge

and He is my fortress.

He is my God.

And therefore, even in the darkest

moments, even when there is no hope...

...He will deliver you from the snare...

...of the fowler.

Step in there.

That Robinson man on TV, I saw him.

And I started remembering that night

Warren gave me that locket.

Her maiden name! And I started

remembering Warren's face.

I can always read that boy's face.

He did a terrible thing, Mr. Everett.

He wasn't a bad boy, but I know

he did a terrible thing!

They're gonna kill that man

in less than a half-hour.

We can't get to the prison

in that time.

You're right, lady.

Fasten your seat belt.

Reverend, it's time.

Set him up.

There's this boy sold

Warren a gun around that time.

This boy's in jail.

He might talk to them

if they give him time off.

Mrs. Russel, I could kiss you.

Release your hands.

Gun it, mister!

We go fast.

Pull over! Pull over

and stop the car!

Don't stop now!

Prepare yourself, all right?

I'm going to attempt this maneuver.

They really ought to do

something about that place.

Boy, something must be going on.

Maybe a fire, another accident

on the curve.

"To all whom it may concern,

be it known...

...whereas the Superior Court and

county of Alameda...

...ordered that Frank Louis Beechum

suffer the death penalty...

...within the walls of San Quentin...

...for the crime of murder in the first

degree with special circumstances."

I love you.

I love you.

McCardle. Yes, sir.

We have a go.

But it's too late.

Go! Go!

What's up? It's official,

it's for the kids.

I need some charity.

It's charity on toast, baby. Come on.

How you doing?

Thank you very much.

How you doing, sir?

Kate like that dalmatian?

She loved it.

Even my ex managed to muster up

a little enthusiasm.

I've got to get something

better for Christmas.

Sheepdog, collie,

we got Saint Bernards...

How about a hippopotamus?

Check it out! Local designer,

based on the one at the zoo.

Yeah, this is a beauty.

Think a homeless man can afford this?

You're not homeless.

Well, I'm wifeless and jobless...

...and I live in a hotel.

That's unless...

...you'd be interested

in putting me up.

First, you have a big book contract.

Money's already spent.

Second, everybody says you'll

win the Pulitzer Prize or something.

I think everyone's being

a little optimistic.

And third of all, I have a boyfriend.

Well, that's good!

Maybe he's out of town

for the holidays.

Cash or charge, Ev?

I better charge it.

I'm charging everything else

these days.

Give me some charity, baby.

It's for the kids.

It's official!

I need some charity on toast!

Come over here, help me out.

I know you got some charity.

You famous! Rich and famous.

I know you got charity on toast.

Give me some charity.

It's for the kids.

That's right, come on.

Give me 20, give me 100.

Come on, Steve.

Take it before my wife does,

and get out of here.

A 10?

Steve, you got more than that.

Come on, now. It's for the kids.

All right. All right, newspaperman.

I been here two hours

freezing my ass off.

I'm going home.

You haven't got a home.

I got no wife

and no elves, either.

You want to be Santa Claus these

days, you on your own.

You're right there, pal.

Santa Claus rides alone.

It's for the kids!

Daddy!

Come on!

Come on, Daddy.

Come on, now, Daddy.

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