1 00:00:59,518 --> 00:01:01,520 [Dramatic music playing] 2 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:11,572 [Woman] Marsh is not swamp. 3 00:01:13,574 --> 00:01:15,660 Marsh is a space of light... 4 00:01:18,621 --> 00:01:20,122 Where grass grows in water... 5 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:23,793 And water flows into the sky. 6 00:02:08,045 --> 00:02:10,715 Then within the marsh, here and there... 7 00:02:13,092 --> 00:02:14,302 True swamp. 8 00:02:54,550 --> 00:02:56,469 A swamp knows all about death... 9 00:02:57,845 --> 00:03:00,348 And doesn't necessarily define it as tragedy. 10 00:03:01,390 --> 00:03:02,808 Certainly not a sin. 11 00:03:05,478 --> 00:03:08,147 I thought chase Andrews would have more common sense. 12 00:03:08,939 --> 00:03:11,067 Best quarterback this town ever had. 13 00:03:11,150 --> 00:03:13,152 [Suspenseful music playing] 14 00:03:14,737 --> 00:03:17,490 Boys, are these your footprints here? 15 00:03:17,573 --> 00:03:18,574 [Boys] Yes, sir. 16 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:27,124 [Sheriff] Where's his footprints? 17 00:03:34,757 --> 00:03:37,968 [Deputy] Yeah, some kids just get crazy ideas in their heads 18 00:03:38,052 --> 00:03:40,805 and drink and think they're invincible. 19 00:03:41,389 --> 00:03:43,766 [Sheriff] That chase Andrews was no kid. 20 00:03:56,612 --> 00:03:58,864 Hey. Look at this. 21 00:04:08,374 --> 00:04:11,669 - [Sherift] He open the grate himself? - Could've been an accident, all the same. 22 00:04:12,169 --> 00:04:15,506 [Doctor] Time of death, between midnight and 2 am. 23 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:19,510 Cause of death, sudden impact from the 63-foot drop. 24 00:04:20,094 --> 00:04:23,681 Since you found that blood and hair on the support beam, 25 00:04:24,265 --> 00:04:27,601 I would deduce that was the cause of the primary injury. 26 00:04:28,269 --> 00:04:32,648 Laymen's terms, he banged the back of his head on the way down. 27 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:34,525 To hit the back of his head on the beam, 28 00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:36,861 he would've needed to fall backwards, is that right? 29 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:40,072 - I'd say yes. - 80 he might have been pushed. 30 00:04:40,156 --> 00:04:42,908 There's no fingerprints on the railing, the grates, nothing. 31 00:04:42,992 --> 00:04:46,036 No fingerprints? Not from chase either? 32 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:49,790 No fingerprints, no tracks. 33 00:04:49,874 --> 00:04:54,086 We do have those red fibers found on the jacket. 34 00:04:54,670 --> 00:04:57,548 I just got the lab report back from Atlanta. 35 00:04:58,048 --> 00:05:01,385 They did not come from any of his other clothing. 36 00:05:01,469 --> 00:05:05,931 Wool, it says. That could be a sweater, scarf. 37 00:05:06,015 --> 00:05:07,641 [Sheriff] Hell, it could be anything. 38 00:05:07,725 --> 00:05:09,185 And we gotta find it. 39 00:05:09,268 --> 00:05:13,272 A beautiful wife, good family. Can't think of anyone who'd want to kill chase. 40 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:15,149 Come on. You know how chase was. 41 00:05:15,232 --> 00:05:17,902 Tomcattin', ruttin' around like a penned-up bull let out. 42 00:05:17,985 --> 00:05:19,695 Don't speak ill of the dead, frank. 43 00:05:19,778 --> 00:05:22,948 I'm just saying I could think of a few guys up to it. 44 00:05:23,032 --> 00:05:24,909 - Mr. Milton. - Hi, Sandy. 45 00:05:24,992 --> 00:05:27,119 - The usual? Brunswick stew? - How'd you guess. 46 00:05:28,454 --> 00:05:31,040 What do you make of the chase Andrews case, Tom? 47 00:05:31,123 --> 00:05:34,084 Oh, I'm retired. That's none of my business anymore. 48 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:36,795 - Fair enough. - Could've been that woman in the marsh. 49 00:05:36,879 --> 00:05:40,174 She's crazy enough for the loony bin. I bet she'd be up to something like this. 50 00:05:40,257 --> 00:05:42,843 My brother's told me that marsh girl's the missing link. 51 00:05:42,927 --> 00:05:45,846 You know poor chase Andrews had something going on down in that marsh. 52 00:05:45,930 --> 00:05:49,308 [Sandy] Chase Andrews and the marsh girl? Now if that ain't asking for trouble. 53 00:05:52,102 --> 00:05:54,021 [Man] What do you think really happened, frank? 54 00:05:54,104 --> 00:05:55,940 You think that marsh girl killed chase? 55 00:05:56,023 --> 00:05:58,442 [Frank] Hell, I don't know. Truth will come out. 56 00:06:00,819 --> 00:06:02,821 [Mysterious music playing] 57 00:06:22,466 --> 00:06:25,844 Look at all these feathers and whatnot. 58 00:06:27,638 --> 00:06:30,808 She a scientist or a witch? 59 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:35,271 [Sheriff] Miss Clark? 60 00:06:39,108 --> 00:06:41,110 - Sheriff's department. - Sheriff. 61 00:06:44,446 --> 00:06:45,948 Could get a warrant. 62 00:06:46,657 --> 00:06:49,118 Plain view. Probable cause, sheriff. 63 00:06:51,662 --> 00:06:53,581 Bet that door isn't even locked. 64 00:07:19,481 --> 00:07:21,692 - [Truck doors close] - [Engine starts] 65 00:07:44,298 --> 00:07:45,382 There she is. 66 00:07:47,051 --> 00:07:50,471 [Deputy] This is the sheriff's department. Shut down your engine. 67 00:07:58,771 --> 00:08:01,607 Go straight, go straight. Follow her in! 68 00:08:01,690 --> 00:08:03,817 [Tense music playing] 69 00:08:38,602 --> 00:08:40,813 [Siren wailing] 70 00:08:40,896 --> 00:08:43,249 - [Woman 1] You're guilty! - [Man 1] You killed chase Andrews! 71 00:08:43,273 --> 00:08:45,609 - [Woman 2] You'll pay for this! - [Man 2] Rot in jail! 72 00:08:52,157 --> 00:08:54,159 [Dramatic music playing] 73 00:08:56,954 --> 00:08:58,038 [Cat meows] 74 00:09:03,085 --> 00:09:06,338 [Man] Sunday justice. Where you gone, kitty? 75 00:09:07,464 --> 00:09:09,007 [Softly] Please stay. 76 00:09:09,091 --> 00:09:10,634 [Man] Here, kitty, kitty. 77 00:09:16,390 --> 00:09:17,975 [Door unlocks] 78 00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:28,861 Miss Clark? 79 00:09:30,696 --> 00:09:32,573 I'm Tom Milton. 80 00:09:32,656 --> 00:09:36,118 - I'm a lawyer. May I come in? - [Lock clicks] 81 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:42,750 Thank you, Mr. Frazier. 82 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:48,046 You probably know that you're being held for the murder of chase Andrews. 83 00:09:48,130 --> 00:09:52,509 And I have taken the Liberty of putting myself foward to defend you. 84 00:09:52,593 --> 00:09:54,970 I know you've never been in trouble before, 85 00:09:55,053 --> 00:10:00,392 so I can explain the courtroom and the trial and who is who and whatnot. 86 00:10:03,812 --> 00:10:07,316 Uh, do you have family that you might want to come be with you? 87 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:19,661 Miss Clark, I don't quite know how to put this, but, uh... 88 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:25,709 Well, I know you as Catherine Danielle Clark, 89 00:10:25,793 --> 00:10:29,588 but here in barkley cove they don't call you by that name. 90 00:10:29,671 --> 00:10:31,298 They call you marsh girl. 91 00:10:32,424 --> 00:10:35,260 And when you stand trial, 92 00:10:35,344 --> 00:10:38,013 you will be judged by a jury of your peers 93 00:10:38,096 --> 00:10:41,183 from barkley cove, who only know you as such. 94 00:10:41,266 --> 00:10:45,395 They are going to judge you whether they know you or not. 95 00:10:47,231 --> 00:10:52,694 But I can't help you unless I know you. 96 00:10:52,778 --> 00:10:54,988 Even just a little bit. 97 00:10:59,034 --> 00:11:00,619 Well, all right, then. Um... 98 00:11:02,079 --> 00:11:06,083 I'll come back in a while when you've had time to consider. 99 00:11:08,293 --> 00:11:12,589 Oh, and I brought you this just in the meantime. 100 00:11:20,013 --> 00:11:21,348 Mr. Frazier. 101 00:11:25,686 --> 00:11:29,189 People forget about the creatures who live in shells. 102 00:11:32,568 --> 00:11:34,027 I had a family once. 103 00:11:36,488 --> 00:11:38,031 They called me kya. 104 00:11:38,115 --> 00:11:40,117 [Upbeat music playing] 105 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:45,831 [Ma] Kya! 106 00:11:45,914 --> 00:11:48,876 Kya! You'd better not get too far out. 107 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:51,669 Get it, get it! 108 00:12:08,687 --> 00:12:12,232 [Ma] Now this little piggy went to market. Now you hold still. 109 00:12:12,316 --> 00:12:13,942 [Giggling] 110 00:12:14,026 --> 00:12:15,861 This little piggy stayed home. 111 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:18,989 This little piggy ate roast beef. 112 00:12:19,656 --> 00:12:22,034 This little piggy had none. 113 00:12:22,117 --> 00:12:28,165 And this little piggy went wee-wee-wee-wee all the way home. 114 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:34,004 That's my special girl. 115 00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:39,635 [Boy] Hey, Jodie! 116 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:42,971 Hey, Tate! 117 00:12:43,055 --> 00:12:45,098 Wanna come fishing? 118 00:12:46,516 --> 00:12:49,770 - I ain't got too much time. - [Ma] "Ain't" isn't a real word. 119 00:12:51,813 --> 00:12:55,692 Hey, how many times I told you not to mess in my goddamn boat?! 120 00:12:57,653 --> 00:12:59,821 Get in the house! Are you stupid?! 121 00:13:02,574 --> 00:13:05,327 Come here! Now you've done it. 122 00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:08,705 You gotta learn respect. You hear me? 123 00:13:10,248 --> 00:13:13,001 - Stop it! You're hurting her! - Hey, you leave my pa alone! 124 00:13:13,085 --> 00:13:15,337 Come back on my land, I'll shoot you! You hear me?! 125 00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:17,547 - [Ma] Calm down now. - Shut up! 126 00:13:19,216 --> 00:13:20,216 Shut up! 127 00:13:21,343 --> 00:13:22,928 [Ominous music playing] 128 00:13:24,096 --> 00:13:25,740 - [Ma] Leave me alone! - [Pa] I'll show you! 129 00:13:25,764 --> 00:13:27,140 [Ma] Please just stop! 130 00:13:27,224 --> 00:13:29,226 [Clattering and thudding noises] 131 00:13:30,644 --> 00:13:32,646 [Ma sobbing] 132 00:13:39,277 --> 00:13:40,404 [Door closes] 133 00:13:52,874 --> 00:13:54,876 [Dramatic music playing] 134 00:14:20,944 --> 00:14:22,112 [Kya] Ma never came back. 135 00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:26,992 And everybody else was quick to get out the same way. 136 00:14:27,868 --> 00:14:29,745 Murph was the first to leave. 137 00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:34,499 A few months later, Mandy and missy. 138 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:40,505 Then, finally, Jodie. 139 00:14:43,884 --> 00:14:44,885 Kya, listen. 140 00:14:45,927 --> 00:14:49,264 I have to go, kya. I can't live here no longer. 141 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:54,561 - Kya, you be careful, hear? - [Pa coughing] 142 00:14:54,644 --> 00:14:55,854 If you're in trouble, 143 00:14:55,937 --> 00:14:59,357 run and hide deep in the marsh way out where the crawdads sing. 144 00:15:01,151 --> 00:15:02,569 Like ma always says. 145 00:15:20,128 --> 00:15:21,505 [Clattering noises] 146 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:22,714 [Softly] Run! 147 00:15:24,341 --> 00:15:25,342 [Pa] Jodie! 148 00:15:26,802 --> 00:15:29,805 I learned from the mistakes of the others how to live with him. 149 00:15:29,888 --> 00:15:31,890 [Footsteps] 150 00:15:33,016 --> 00:15:35,227 - Just keep out of the way. - [Door closes] 151 00:15:35,310 --> 00:15:36,686 Don't let him see you. 152 00:15:37,646 --> 00:15:38,939 Fend for yourself. 153 00:15:45,237 --> 00:15:47,239 [Dramatic music playing] 154 00:16:31,366 --> 00:16:35,620 I had been out in the marsh plenty of times with Jodie, but never alone. 155 00:16:37,247 --> 00:16:38,790 I didn't know which way was home. 156 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:42,127 Damn you for leaving me here, Jodie! 157 00:16:44,546 --> 00:16:45,547 Damn you. 158 00:16:55,891 --> 00:16:57,350 You okay? 159 00:17:00,103 --> 00:17:01,730 You're Jodie Clark's sister. 160 00:17:02,439 --> 00:17:04,524 Used to be. He's gone. 161 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:09,946 - You know your way home? - Yeah. 162 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:20,040 It's okay. I get lost all the time. 163 00:17:29,799 --> 00:17:32,135 My name's Tate, in case you see me again. 164 00:17:35,013 --> 00:17:38,934 There was something about that boy that eased the tightness in my chest. 165 00:17:40,185 --> 00:17:42,520 For the first time since ma and Jodie left, 166 00:17:42,604 --> 00:17:44,606 I felt something other than hurt. 167 00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:48,693 I felt brave. 168 00:17:51,071 --> 00:17:52,072 I'm hungry. 169 00:17:56,076 --> 00:17:58,078 [Blues music playing on radio] 170 00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:05,210 [Indistinct chatter] 171 00:18:05,877 --> 00:18:08,922 Morning, Mr. Clark. How you doing? 172 00:18:09,005 --> 00:18:13,051 Well, jumpin', I woke up on the right side of dirt. 173 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:18,390 Oh, this is my daughter, miss kya Clark. 174 00:18:18,473 --> 00:18:20,809 Well, I'm mighty proud to know you, miss kya. 175 00:18:21,726 --> 00:18:25,021 Oh, don't mind her. I tell her, uh, stay away from everybody. 176 00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:28,692 - It's a dangerous world, isn't it? - It is. But the fishing's good. 177 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:30,860 [Pa] Could I get a bag of grits? 178 00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:33,405 And some of that Jim beam? 179 00:18:34,030 --> 00:18:36,449 - And maybe you fill her up for me? - [Jumpin'] It's okay. 180 00:18:37,575 --> 00:18:39,244 - Mabel. - [Mabel] Mm-hm. 181 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:44,791 [Pa] You wait for our change, you hear? 182 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:50,130 Helping out your pa while your ma's gone, huh? 183 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,966 I ain't seen her in a while. 184 00:18:54,092 --> 00:18:56,928 - She's doing chores at home. - Mm-hm. 185 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:02,559 Grits ain't much to go on. 186 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,147 All right. Let's see here. 187 00:19:07,230 --> 00:19:09,733 Your pa left $2 here. 188 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:15,030 And the bill is $1.50. 189 00:19:15,739 --> 00:19:17,282 How much does that leave for gas? 190 00:19:23,872 --> 00:19:25,081 Don't worry about that. 191 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:27,042 I got another question for you. 192 00:19:27,751 --> 00:19:28,918 You go to school, honey? 193 00:19:31,796 --> 00:19:34,591 Do you know that they publish the school lunch menu in the paper? 194 00:19:35,342 --> 00:19:36,843 Today's is... 195 00:19:38,178 --> 00:19:39,888 Salisbury steak. 196 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:43,641 You could get a nice, hot meal, make some friends. 197 00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:46,603 Plenty of kids go to school without shoes. 198 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:50,106 But you will need a skirt. 199 00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:51,274 Ask your mama for one. 200 00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:53,610 There you go. 201 00:19:54,277 --> 00:19:57,572 And the change is 50 cents. 202 00:20:18,134 --> 00:20:20,136 [Sentimental music playing] 203 00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:42,742 - [Bell rings] - [Gasps] 204 00:20:42,826 --> 00:20:43,827 Boys! 205 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:46,079 Chase Andrews, what you got to say for yourself? 206 00:20:46,162 --> 00:20:47,705 [Chase] Sorry, miss pansy. 207 00:20:47,789 --> 00:20:49,958 We didn't see you 'cause that girl got in the way. 208 00:20:52,544 --> 00:20:53,544 Hello there. 209 00:20:54,796 --> 00:20:58,216 I think you've got yourself turned around the wrong way, little lady. 210 00:20:58,299 --> 00:20:59,968 Isn't school that way? 211 00:21:00,051 --> 00:21:01,886 - [Girl 1] So dirty. - [Girl 2] Gross. 212 00:21:02,971 --> 00:21:05,306 You have just as much of a right to be there. 213 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:07,809 Go along now. It's all right. 214 00:21:13,815 --> 00:21:18,236 Miss Catherine Danielle Clark, are you reading and writing already? 215 00:21:20,655 --> 00:21:22,323 Can you spell "dog," honey? 216 00:21:23,074 --> 00:21:25,076 [Kids murmuring] 217 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:28,079 [Softly] Who is that? 218 00:21:28,663 --> 00:21:32,333 - G-o-d. - [Kids laughing] 219 00:21:34,502 --> 00:21:37,380 Well, we can all use practice, can't we? 220 00:21:37,464 --> 00:21:41,259 You can go ahead and sit down, miss Catherine Danielle Clark. 221 00:21:43,845 --> 00:21:45,388 Where you been, marsh hen? 222 00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,515 Where's your hat, swamp rat? 223 00:21:47,599 --> 00:21:51,936 Now, boys and girls, settle down. Just an hour until lunch. 224 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:54,439 Please, try to pay attention to our lesson. 225 00:21:54,522 --> 00:21:57,650 Who can tell me a word that has a long vowel sound? 226 00:21:57,734 --> 00:22:00,945 - [Girl 1] She probably lives in the mud. - [Girl 2] Someone's got cooties. 227 00:22:01,029 --> 00:22:03,740 - [Kids laughing] - [Girl 1] That stink in the room. 228 00:22:04,741 --> 00:22:05,742 [Teacher] Excuse me. 229 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:10,288 That was the only day I ever spent in school. 230 00:22:11,539 --> 00:22:13,875 Reckoned I was better off learning from the wild. 231 00:22:16,544 --> 00:22:18,505 - Hi, Tate! - [Pa clicks tongue] 232 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,340 Mm-mm. 233 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:37,065 Need you to be careful out here. You hear me? 234 00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:39,609 You can't trust nobody. 235 00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:41,778 You protect yourself. 236 00:22:58,086 --> 00:22:59,754 Great horned owl, probably. 237 00:23:01,923 --> 00:23:04,676 For a while, pa was good to me. 238 00:23:06,427 --> 00:23:08,429 [Upbeat music playing] 239 00:23:12,642 --> 00:23:17,981 Ahem. I thought you could use this for your feathers, bird nests. 240 00:23:18,064 --> 00:23:19,566 Other stuff you collect. 241 00:23:22,652 --> 00:23:24,404 - Oh, thank you. - Yeah. 242 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:29,075 [Vehicle approaching] 243 00:23:30,785 --> 00:23:31,619 [Horn honks] 244 00:23:31,703 --> 00:23:33,871 - It was my old army... - Mail! 245 00:23:35,290 --> 00:23:36,874 It's my old army knapsack. 246 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:47,427 It's from ma! It's from ma! 247 00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:50,138 It's ma's handwriting! 248 00:23:50,221 --> 00:23:52,473 - Ma's alive! - Give it to me. 249 00:23:53,224 --> 00:23:54,309 Give it to me. 250 00:24:00,481 --> 00:24:02,442 - When's she coming home? - Wait. 251 00:24:03,151 --> 00:24:04,235 What does she say? 252 00:24:08,573 --> 00:24:10,241 - No! - Quiet. 253 00:24:10,825 --> 00:24:13,244 Pa! Pa, stop! 254 00:24:13,328 --> 00:24:15,997 Stop it! Stop that! 255 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,749 - Stop! - Quiet. Quiet! 256 00:24:21,544 --> 00:24:22,545 Now you listen to me. 257 00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:24,964 She ain't never coming back. 258 00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:27,090 You hear me? 259 00:24:28,635 --> 00:24:30,637 [Dramatic music playing] 260 00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:35,892 That isn't true. 261 00:24:39,395 --> 00:24:41,481 "Ain't" isn't even a real word! 262 00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:54,035 [Pa] Goddamn bitch! 263 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:58,830 Useless. 264 00:24:59,582 --> 00:25:02,043 Pa took to burning any trace of ma. 265 00:25:03,211 --> 00:25:05,046 Get your shit out of my house. 266 00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:11,135 And then one day... 267 00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:13,554 He was gone. 268 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:18,059 Wasn't like the pain when ma left. 269 00:25:18,142 --> 00:25:22,855 But being completely alone was a feeling so vast, it echoed. 270 00:25:43,626 --> 00:25:45,920 And there was the small matter of surviving. 271 00:25:50,091 --> 00:25:52,719 I didn't know how to do life without grits. 272 00:25:57,473 --> 00:25:59,475 [Plucky music playing] 273 00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:22,874 Well, hello, miss kya. 274 00:26:27,128 --> 00:26:29,046 You want something? 275 00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:30,465 Mr. Jumpin'... 276 00:26:31,841 --> 00:26:33,968 I hear tell y'all buy mussels. 277 00:26:34,844 --> 00:26:36,304 I got some here. 278 00:26:38,431 --> 00:26:41,058 - They fresh? - Dug them before dawn. 279 00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:42,142 Just now. 280 00:26:42,727 --> 00:26:44,812 [Mabel] Your pa sent you out with these? 281 00:26:50,485 --> 00:26:53,905 Look, I tell you what, I'll give you 50 cent for the one bag 282 00:26:53,988 --> 00:26:55,907 and a full tank of gas for the other. 283 00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:57,617 How many bags y'all need a week? 284 00:26:58,159 --> 00:26:59,911 Are we striking up a business deal? 285 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:06,000 I buy about 40 pound every two, three days. 286 00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:08,127 Mind you, others bring them too. 287 00:27:08,211 --> 00:27:11,380 So if you bring them, and I already got some, 288 00:27:11,464 --> 00:27:13,090 why, you'd just be out. 289 00:27:13,174 --> 00:27:16,594 It's first come, first served. Ain't no other way of doing it. 290 00:27:16,677 --> 00:27:19,096 That's fine. Thank you. 291 00:27:21,516 --> 00:27:22,558 Can I, uh...? 292 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:24,977 Oh, yeah. 293 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,450 You sure are growing up fast, huh? 294 00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:43,120 Why don't you come by next week, I'll measure your feet. 295 00:27:43,204 --> 00:27:46,749 I got some shoes in the church donation bin just collecting dust. 296 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,293 - Thank you, ma'am. - Sure. 297 00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:01,013 [Door closes] 298 00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:02,181 Poor child. 299 00:28:03,516 --> 00:28:07,353 Her ma's gone, and now her pa's gone too, I bet. 300 00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:09,438 What? 301 00:28:09,522 --> 00:28:12,859 We ought to be careful, messing in folk business. 302 00:28:12,942 --> 00:28:14,777 It don't say that in the Bible. 303 00:28:14,861 --> 00:28:16,070 "Be careful." 304 00:28:17,071 --> 00:28:20,283 "And the king shall answer and say unto them, 305 00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:24,537 verily I say unto thee, inasmuch as ye hath done it 306 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:28,583 unto the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me." 307 00:28:28,666 --> 00:28:29,792 All right, Mabel. 308 00:28:30,877 --> 00:28:32,295 Don't say about "be careful." 309 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:34,380 [Plucky music playing] 310 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:47,310 - [Mabel] Let's see. - [Kya giggles} 311 00:28:51,314 --> 00:28:53,065 one, two, three. That's all. 312 00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:10,082 [Frazier] They're from miss Mabel. 313 00:29:24,013 --> 00:29:28,142 [Judge] Catherine Danielle Clark, of barkley county, north Carolina, 314 00:29:28,225 --> 00:29:30,770 is charged with the murder in the first degree 315 00:29:30,853 --> 00:29:33,397 of chase Lawrence Andrews, 316 00:29:33,481 --> 00:29:35,858 formerly of barkley cove. 317 00:29:35,942 --> 00:29:39,612 In such cases, the state is allowed to seek the death penalty. 318 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:41,572 The prosecution has announced it will do so 319 00:29:41,656 --> 00:29:44,450 - if the defendant is found guilty. - [Crowd murmuring] 320 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:47,036 [Man] Guilty! We all know she's guilty. 321 00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:50,206 - She's guilty. - [Gavel banging] 322 00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:52,333 [Judge] We will now begin jury selection. 323 00:29:52,416 --> 00:29:54,585 Will our prospective jurors in the first two rows... 324 00:29:54,669 --> 00:29:59,131 There is an option. It's what's called a plea bargain. 325 00:30:00,049 --> 00:30:03,552 And it means that if you are willing to say 326 00:30:03,636 --> 00:30:08,599 that you did go to the tower that night and met chase Andrews there 327 00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:13,980 and you had a disagreement, and in a horrible accident 328 00:30:14,063 --> 00:30:16,148 he stepped backwards through the grate, 329 00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:20,111 you'd get ten years, but you'd be out in six. 330 00:30:20,194 --> 00:30:21,237 [Kya] No. 331 00:30:22,029 --> 00:30:24,115 If we lose, we lose big. 332 00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:27,034 It's life in prison, or the other. 333 00:30:27,118 --> 00:30:30,663 Mr. Milton, I won't say anything that implies guilt. 334 00:30:32,081 --> 00:30:33,874 I will not go to prison. 335 00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:35,209 Please call me Tom. 336 00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:37,586 And promise me that you will think about this. 337 00:30:37,670 --> 00:30:38,796 I have to get out of here. 338 00:30:40,464 --> 00:30:41,465 One way... 339 00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:43,426 Or the other. 340 00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:46,971 [Prosecutor] Between midnight and 2 am. On October 30th... 341 00:30:48,389 --> 00:30:54,186 The defendant lured chase Andrews to the tower and pushed him to his death. 342 00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:56,564 She then covered up her tracks and fingerprints. 343 00:30:56,647 --> 00:30:59,900 Now, you're gonna hear she had the time, she had the motivation, 344 00:30:59,984 --> 00:31:01,652 but most importantly... 345 00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:08,242 She has the weakness of character to murder chase Andrews. 346 00:31:08,325 --> 00:31:10,745 [Crowd murmuring] 347 00:31:13,914 --> 00:31:19,253 Ladies and gentlemen, the state is going to throw a lot of words at you 348 00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:22,381 about miss Catherine Danielle Clark. 349 00:31:23,841 --> 00:31:26,844 But I am asking you to look at the evidence 350 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:30,473 that the state will be offering to back up those words. 351 00:31:31,307 --> 00:31:33,768 You'll find that there is none. 352 00:31:33,851 --> 00:31:36,937 Furthermore, you are going to hear that there's a good chance 353 00:31:37,021 --> 00:31:42,568 no one murdered chase Andrews and that the defendant, miss Clark, 354 00:31:42,651 --> 00:31:47,907 finds herself here because it is easier to lay blame on an outsider 355 00:31:47,990 --> 00:31:51,285 than it is to rely on facts. 356 00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:57,374 And although she was born and grew up not five miles from this courtroom, 357 00:31:58,334 --> 00:32:00,211 miss Clark is an outsider. 358 00:32:00,294 --> 00:32:02,296 [Dramatic music playing] 359 00:34:01,749 --> 00:34:03,959 It's me. Tate. 360 00:34:26,649 --> 00:34:27,816 Tundra swan. 361 00:34:29,318 --> 00:34:32,738 - How do you know birds? - My ma liked birds. 362 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:37,952 I can't read your note. 363 00:34:42,873 --> 00:34:47,086 Oh, all I said was I'd seen you a couple times when I was out fishing, 364 00:34:47,169 --> 00:34:51,090 and it got me thinking that maybe you could use some seeds and a spark plug. 365 00:34:51,173 --> 00:34:54,718 I had extra. Thought it might save you a trip to town. 366 00:34:55,636 --> 00:34:59,139 And, uh, I don't know, I figured you'd like the feathers. 367 00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:04,353 All right, then. 368 00:35:09,066 --> 00:35:10,234 All right, then. 369 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,199 Well, I better be going, so... 370 00:35:24,873 --> 00:35:26,417 I could teach you to read. 371 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:28,752 [Sentimental music playing] 372 00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:33,215 I thought you may as well learn to write at the same time. 373 00:35:33,299 --> 00:35:34,925 Oh, yeah. 374 00:35:35,009 --> 00:35:37,678 Good. Okay, so we start with a. 375 00:35:38,887 --> 00:35:40,889 Just go ahead and draw that shape right there. 376 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:53,319 Don't tell me. 377 00:35:54,153 --> 00:35:55,321 You're getting there. 378 00:35:55,404 --> 00:35:58,407 - Don't help me. - Sure. I got all day. 379 00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:02,661 "There are some who can live 380 00:36:03,454 --> 00:36:07,583 without wild things, comma, 381 00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:10,961 and some who cannot." 382 00:36:13,797 --> 00:36:17,051 That's what I'm talking about, kya. Whoo! 383 00:36:17,134 --> 00:36:19,970 And there will never be a time again where you can't read, ever. 384 00:36:20,054 --> 00:36:22,723 I didn't know words could hold so much. 385 00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:24,558 Not all words hold that much. 386 00:36:29,438 --> 00:36:31,231 We could read at my house sometime. 387 00:37:02,388 --> 00:37:04,264 [Kya] We went through the whole library. 388 00:37:04,765 --> 00:37:07,601 Three times a week, summer into fall. 389 00:37:10,687 --> 00:37:13,065 Read how plants and animals change over time 390 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:15,067 to adjust to the ever-shifting earth. 391 00:37:18,112 --> 00:37:22,116 How birds sing mostly at dawn because the cool, moist air of morning 392 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:24,785 carries their songs and their meanings much farther. 393 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:32,626 How some cells divide and specialize into lungs or hearts 394 00:37:33,502 --> 00:37:36,213 while others remain uncommitted as stem cells 395 00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:37,798 in case they're needed later. 396 00:37:39,675 --> 00:37:41,802 Within all the worlds of biology... 397 00:37:43,178 --> 00:37:47,015 I searched for an explanation of why a mother would leave her offspring. 398 00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:54,273 "Mr. Jackson Henry Clark 399 00:37:54,356 --> 00:37:59,987 married miss julienne Maria Jacques, June 12, 1933." 400 00:38:01,238 --> 00:38:04,366 That means these are my parents. 401 00:38:05,284 --> 00:38:08,912 "Master Jeremy Andrew Clark, January 2." 402 00:38:08,996 --> 00:38:10,122 That's Jodie. 403 00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:16,462 "Master napier Murphy Clark, miss Mary Helen Clark, 404 00:38:16,545 --> 00:38:18,964 miss Catherine Danielle Clark." 405 00:38:27,055 --> 00:38:28,140 I miss them. 406 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:32,269 I had, um... 407 00:38:34,771 --> 00:38:36,273 I had forgot how much... 408 00:38:37,858 --> 00:38:39,401 I feel them not here. 409 00:38:45,115 --> 00:38:47,367 I feel them not here right now. 410 00:38:47,451 --> 00:38:48,577 I mean... 411 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:53,749 Sometimes I feel so invisible... 412 00:38:55,459 --> 00:38:57,127 I wonder if I'm here at all. 413 00:38:58,462 --> 00:38:59,462 You are. 414 00:39:11,308 --> 00:39:13,602 - Sorry I'm late. - Come on. Give me a hand. 415 00:39:15,062 --> 00:39:17,314 Son, you know I don't listen to idle talk. 416 00:39:18,524 --> 00:39:21,235 But there is a regular riptide of gossip going around 417 00:39:21,318 --> 00:39:23,320 you got something going on with that marsh girl. 418 00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:26,823 Hey, you know you can tell me anything. 419 00:39:27,658 --> 00:39:29,618 - She your girlfriend? - She's my friend. 420 00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:32,871 I bring her books 'cause people are so nasty to her, she can't go to school. 421 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:35,290 She doesn't have any family. 422 00:39:37,084 --> 00:39:41,213 Hey. Come on. There's no need to be huffy. 423 00:39:42,256 --> 00:39:45,175 It's my job to say all the things that we don't like to talk about, 424 00:39:45,259 --> 00:39:48,762 and I can't give you a lot of things those other dads can give their sons. 425 00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:50,055 So I'm asking you. 426 00:39:50,973 --> 00:39:52,057 Just be careful. 427 00:39:53,058 --> 00:39:56,436 Everything you've worked so hard for, your dreams of going to chapel hill... 428 00:39:57,312 --> 00:39:58,981 Life can change in a second. 429 00:40:01,525 --> 00:40:02,943 You understand that? 430 00:40:04,403 --> 00:40:07,948 Now turn up my music, would you? Come on. 431 00:40:08,031 --> 00:40:10,033 [Opera music playing on radio] 432 00:40:10,117 --> 00:40:11,118 [Volume increases] 433 00:40:11,201 --> 00:40:13,287 It's puccini, in case you're wondering. 434 00:40:33,307 --> 00:40:37,811 A young girl living on her own like that looks immoral, don't you think? 435 00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:40,814 No, sir. I don't. Think, that is. 436 00:40:40,897 --> 00:40:43,525 At least not enough. Just ask my wife. 437 00:40:45,569 --> 00:40:49,448 There are some fine group homes that would help keep a young woman 438 00:40:49,531 --> 00:40:50,532 out of trouble. 439 00:40:52,534 --> 00:40:54,786 They say she comes in here from time to time. 440 00:40:54,870 --> 00:40:57,414 I do see her from time to time. 441 00:40:58,081 --> 00:41:00,500 She's not alone. She's got her father with her. 442 00:41:00,584 --> 00:41:03,587 Well, I've never seen anybody home all the times I've been by. 443 00:41:04,504 --> 00:41:06,423 When does she usually come around? 444 00:41:06,506 --> 00:41:09,134 I never know just when she'll boat in here. 445 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,471 Have her call me next time she comes in. 446 00:41:15,932 --> 00:41:19,019 You don't have any reason to lie to me, do you, boy? 447 00:41:19,102 --> 00:41:20,979 No reason at all, sir. 448 00:41:30,864 --> 00:41:33,492 [Door opens, then closes] 449 00:41:37,621 --> 00:41:40,749 - We gotta meet somewhere else. - Hi, kya. Good to see you too. 450 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,626 Social services are looking for me again. 451 00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:44,920 They're gonna pull me in, put me in some group home. 452 00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:47,005 It's polite to greet people when you see them. 453 00:41:53,428 --> 00:41:56,765 You know, a group home might not be the worst thing. 454 00:41:57,557 --> 00:42:00,519 What? No, no. You'd have someone cooking you warm meals. 455 00:42:00,602 --> 00:42:02,688 - Real bed. - I got a real bed. 456 00:42:03,563 --> 00:42:06,983 'Sides, I'd never leave the marsh to go live with a bunch of strangers. 457 00:42:07,067 --> 00:42:09,569 It's "besides," not sides." 458 00:42:10,237 --> 00:42:12,197 And you can't live alone in the marsh forever. 459 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:13,281 Watch me. 460 00:42:14,658 --> 00:42:15,659 All right. 461 00:42:37,806 --> 00:42:40,934 I appreciate you teaching me to read 462 00:42:41,518 --> 00:42:43,770 and all the things you gave me. 463 00:42:44,813 --> 00:42:46,106 But why do you do it? 464 00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:49,443 Don't you have a girlfriend or something? 465 00:42:50,610 --> 00:42:51,778 Sometimes I do. 466 00:42:52,612 --> 00:42:53,612 Sometimes? 467 00:42:54,781 --> 00:42:57,284 I mean, I've had one. 468 00:42:58,994 --> 00:43:00,370 Uh, but not now... 469 00:43:01,621 --> 00:43:03,457 Idont, so... 470 00:43:08,253 --> 00:43:09,880 Uh, ahnght 471 00:43:09,963 --> 00:43:10,964 I, uh... 472 00:43:12,549 --> 00:43:15,135 I saw you on your pa's boat the other day. 473 00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:18,597 He seems real nice, your dad. 474 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:20,515 Yeah. Yeah, he is. 475 00:43:21,224 --> 00:43:23,393 You never talk about your ma. 476 00:43:25,645 --> 00:43:26,730 What's she like? 477 00:43:32,611 --> 00:43:35,405 Uh, you don't have to say nothing. 478 00:43:36,656 --> 00:43:40,702 My mother and little sister died in a car wreck over in asheville. 479 00:43:44,206 --> 00:43:46,416 My little sister's name was carianne. 480 00:43:49,544 --> 00:43:50,796 It was, uh... 481 00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:57,469 What, Tate? 482 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:00,597 You can say anything to me. 483 00:44:06,603 --> 00:44:09,689 I think they went to asheville to buy me my birthday present. 484 00:44:11,483 --> 00:44:14,027 There was this bike I wanted, 485 00:44:14,611 --> 00:44:16,738 and western auto didn't carry it... 486 00:44:19,115 --> 00:44:21,868 So I think they went into asheville to get that bike for me. 487 00:44:22,911 --> 00:44:23,912 [Kya] Oh. 488 00:44:24,746 --> 00:44:27,165 And I don't even remember what kind of bike it was. 489 00:44:27,249 --> 00:44:29,251 [Dramatic music playing] 490 00:44:31,503 --> 00:44:32,963 It wasn't your fault. 491 00:44:40,762 --> 00:44:42,764 [Wind whistling] 492 00:44:44,599 --> 00:44:45,599 Oh! 493 00:44:48,395 --> 00:44:49,896 Oh, my gosh! 494 00:45:13,253 --> 00:45:14,754 Am I your girlfriend now? 495 00:45:14,838 --> 00:45:16,006 Do you wanna be? 496 00:45:17,299 --> 00:45:18,341 I know feathers. 497 00:45:20,176 --> 00:45:22,345 Bet the other girls don't know feathers. 498 00:45:24,389 --> 00:45:25,390 All right, then. 499 00:45:26,766 --> 00:45:27,767 All right, then. 500 00:45:51,875 --> 00:45:53,877 [Sentimental music playing] 501 00:46:01,217 --> 00:46:02,928 [Kya cheers] 502 00:46:40,507 --> 00:46:43,218 - I've never been out this way. - It's worth the trip. 503 00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:44,594 You'll see. 504 00:46:44,678 --> 00:46:46,012 [Tate chuckles] 505 00:46:46,096 --> 00:46:47,097 Happy birthday, kya. 506 00:46:50,517 --> 00:46:51,977 How'd you know it was my birthday? 507 00:46:52,060 --> 00:46:53,645 Oh, I read it in your Bible. 508 00:46:56,314 --> 00:46:58,066 Did you know it was your birthday? 509 00:46:59,359 --> 00:47:00,694 Don't have a calendar. 510 00:47:04,447 --> 00:47:06,408 Oh, um, not my name. 511 00:47:06,491 --> 00:47:07,575 Don't cut my name. 512 00:47:07,659 --> 00:47:08,785 Yes, ma'am. 513 00:47:20,839 --> 00:47:22,507 - Mm! - Pretty good, huh? 514 00:47:23,758 --> 00:47:25,051 [Birds squawking] 515 00:47:25,135 --> 00:47:26,219 What's that? 516 00:47:27,387 --> 00:47:28,680 Here they come. 517 00:47:38,565 --> 00:47:39,566 Oh, wow. 518 00:47:40,984 --> 00:47:42,318 [Kya] Snow geese. 519 00:48:17,103 --> 00:48:18,104 Kya, look at me. 520 00:49:09,197 --> 00:49:11,324 Kya, I'm sorry. 521 00:49:12,033 --> 00:49:13,034 I'm sorry. 522 00:49:14,702 --> 00:49:15,703 Jeez. 523 00:49:18,373 --> 00:49:20,500 No, Tate, I want to. 524 00:49:21,918 --> 00:49:22,918 Why not? 525 00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:25,295 Because I... 526 00:49:27,298 --> 00:49:28,967 I care about you too much. 527 00:49:29,884 --> 00:49:35,765 Look, kya. I want you more than anything, but I can't be damaged as easily. 528 00:49:35,849 --> 00:49:38,434 It's more dangerous for you. You understand? 529 00:49:45,275 --> 00:49:47,277 [Upbeat music playing] 530 00:49:51,781 --> 00:49:53,658 [Kya] Fall gave way to winter. 531 00:49:54,409 --> 00:49:55,869 Winter to spring. 532 00:49:57,412 --> 00:50:00,248 The only constant in nature is change. 533 00:50:00,331 --> 00:50:01,499 [Tate] Dad, I got in! 534 00:50:24,189 --> 00:50:25,356 Why are you quiet? 535 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,110 You know I'm going away soon. 536 00:50:30,028 --> 00:50:31,029 To college. 537 00:50:33,406 --> 00:50:34,616 You talked about it. 538 00:50:36,743 --> 00:50:37,743 When? 539 00:50:38,870 --> 00:50:40,288 Not right away. 540 00:50:43,124 --> 00:50:44,125 Soon. 541 00:50:45,418 --> 00:50:47,253 I got a job at the biology lab. 542 00:50:48,213 --> 00:50:49,714 Starts next week, so... 543 00:51:01,643 --> 00:51:02,644 Stay here. 544 00:51:03,561 --> 00:51:04,771 And do what? 545 00:51:08,399 --> 00:51:10,735 No, look. I just mean there's no work for me here. 546 00:51:10,818 --> 00:51:13,613 What am I gonna do? I don't want to be a shrimper like my dad. 547 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,282 I'm going to get a degree and be something, kya. 548 00:51:16,366 --> 00:51:18,701 - So could you. - What do you want me to be? 549 00:51:20,203 --> 00:51:22,705 - That's not what I meant. - You're never gonna come back. 550 00:51:22,789 --> 00:51:25,833 Yes, I will. I won't leave you, kya. I promise. 551 00:51:25,917 --> 00:51:27,252 I'm gonna come back to you. 552 00:51:28,294 --> 00:51:30,964 Kya! Kya, stop! Ky—- 553 00:51:32,131 --> 00:51:34,550 you can't run away from every whipstitch! 554 00:51:34,634 --> 00:51:36,636 [Dramatic music playing] 555 00:51:37,679 --> 00:51:39,681 [Boat approaches] 556 00:51:55,363 --> 00:51:57,907 - One more night. - One more night. 557 00:52:23,099 --> 00:52:24,100 What's this? 558 00:52:26,311 --> 00:52:28,604 It's a list of publishers. 559 00:52:29,605 --> 00:52:31,149 For all your drawings and notes. 560 00:52:31,232 --> 00:52:33,443 There's nothing like them out there, kya. 561 00:52:33,860 --> 00:52:35,653 There's enough for a book. 562 00:52:35,737 --> 00:52:37,113 Lots of books. 563 00:52:38,823 --> 00:52:40,992 And, you know, you wouldn't have to leave home. 564 00:52:41,701 --> 00:52:44,162 You could just mail your samples into a publisher. 565 00:52:44,871 --> 00:52:46,414 You know, bring some money in. 566 00:52:47,832 --> 00:52:50,168 You know, probably not a huge amount... 567 00:52:51,169 --> 00:52:54,380 But maybe you wouldn't have to dig mussels the rest of your life. 568 00:52:56,007 --> 00:52:57,258 Just give it a try, kya. 569 00:52:59,469 --> 00:53:00,803 Come on. What can it hurt? 570 00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:06,392 You're gonna forget about me. 571 00:53:08,811 --> 00:53:10,938 When you get busy with all that college stuff, 572 00:53:11,522 --> 00:53:12,815 all those pretty girls. 573 00:53:12,899 --> 00:53:14,692 I could never forget you, kya. 574 00:53:15,568 --> 00:53:16,568 Even 575 00:53:18,988 --> 00:53:22,784 I'll be home in a month. I promise. For the fourth of July. Okay? 576 00:53:24,702 --> 00:53:26,120 I'll be back before you know it. 577 00:53:26,704 --> 00:53:29,499 We'll meet on your beach and watch fireworks together. 578 00:53:30,041 --> 00:53:32,168 Just write those publishers, all right? 579 00:53:38,549 --> 00:53:40,551 [Sentimental music playing] 580 00:53:53,731 --> 00:53:54,732 Good bye, kya. 581 00:53:55,858 --> 00:53:56,943 [Softly] Goodbye, Tate. 582 00:54:25,304 --> 00:54:27,473 [Kya] Seabirds of the eastern seaboard. 583 00:54:28,766 --> 00:54:30,184 Starring you, big red. 584 00:55:14,687 --> 00:55:16,689 [Hopeful music playing] 585 00:56:31,722 --> 00:56:32,723 [Softly] No. 586 00:56:40,106 --> 00:56:41,148 No, Tate. 587 00:56:44,986 --> 00:56:46,028 No, no. 588 00:56:55,413 --> 00:56:58,082 [Sobbing] No, no, no. 589 00:57:12,597 --> 00:57:15,891 [Kya] Tate and life and love had been the same thing. 590 00:57:17,226 --> 00:57:18,436 They were all gone. 591 00:57:22,064 --> 00:57:23,065 And then... 592 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,402 [Hawk screeching] 593 00:57:45,713 --> 00:57:49,634 Whenever I stumbled, the marsh caught me. 594 00:57:57,183 --> 00:57:58,851 At some unclaimed moment, 595 00:57:58,934 --> 00:58:01,395 at last, the heart pain seeped away, 596 00:58:01,479 --> 00:58:03,439 like water into sand. 597 00:58:03,522 --> 00:58:05,274 Still there, but deep. 598 00:58:07,526 --> 00:58:11,155 [Sheriff] There were no footprints around the body or on the fire tower. 599 00:58:11,238 --> 00:58:13,032 And no fresh fingerprints either. 600 00:58:13,115 --> 00:58:15,993 Not even on the grate, which somebody had to open. 601 00:58:16,077 --> 00:58:18,537 All this indicated that someone had destroyed evidence. 602 00:58:18,621 --> 00:58:19,747 No more questions. 603 00:58:21,290 --> 00:58:22,583 Your witness. 604 00:58:29,423 --> 00:58:33,052 [Tom] Sheriff, I'm handing you the tide table 605 00:58:33,135 --> 00:58:37,890 for the night of October 29 and the morning of October 30. 606 00:58:37,973 --> 00:58:43,270 Now, this shows here that low tide was around midnight. 607 00:58:43,771 --> 00:58:47,775 So at the time chase Andrews arrived at the tower 608 00:58:47,858 --> 00:58:51,779 and walked to the steps, he would have made tracks in the wet mud. 609 00:58:51,862 --> 00:58:57,118 And then as the groundwater Rose, those tracks would have been wiped out. 610 00:58:57,201 --> 00:59:00,037 - Do you agree that this is possible? - Well... 611 00:59:00,121 --> 00:59:03,666 And then you'd agree that if he had any friends with him, 612 00:59:03,749 --> 00:59:06,711 their footprints would be washed away as well. 613 00:59:06,794 --> 00:59:09,088 Under these circumstances, 614 00:59:09,171 --> 00:59:15,177 the absence of footprints in and of itself does not suggest a crime. 615 00:59:15,845 --> 00:59:16,846 Correct? 616 00:59:19,932 --> 00:59:20,932 Shenfi? 617 00:59:23,477 --> 00:59:28,315 The absence of footprints does not, by itself, prove there was a crime. 618 00:59:28,399 --> 00:59:31,444 You also testified that there were no fingerprints 619 00:59:31,527 --> 00:59:35,698 found anywhere in the fire tower, including on the open grate. 620 00:59:36,449 --> 00:59:41,662 So this led you to conclude that someone must have opened the grate 621 00:59:41,746 --> 00:59:44,165 and wiped away their fingerprints aftennards. 622 00:59:44,248 --> 00:59:45,249 Correct. 623 00:59:46,333 --> 00:59:50,963 Now, in fact, isn't it true that these grates were left open 624 00:59:51,046 --> 00:59:53,758 so often and considered so dangerous 625 00:59:53,841 --> 00:59:56,469 that your office submitted a written request 626 00:59:56,552 --> 00:59:58,179 to the us. Forest service 627 00:59:58,262 --> 01:00:03,517 to remedy the situation on July 18 of last year? 628 01:00:06,312 --> 01:00:08,856 This is a copy of that request. 629 01:00:09,982 --> 01:00:12,234 Who wrote this, sheriff? 630 01:00:13,819 --> 01:00:14,862 I did it myself. 631 01:00:14,945 --> 01:00:18,657 Would you read to the court the last sentence of this document 632 01:00:18,741 --> 01:00:20,910 that you sent to the forest service? 633 01:00:21,452 --> 01:00:23,078 Just the last sentence. 634 01:00:23,788 --> 01:00:26,582 "I must repeat, these grates are very dangerous, 635 01:00:26,665 --> 01:00:28,375 and if action is not taken... 636 01:00:31,587 --> 01:00:35,216 If action is not taken, a serious injury or death will occur." 637 01:00:35,299 --> 01:00:37,426 [Crowd murmuring] 638 01:00:37,510 --> 01:00:39,053 Thank you, sheriff. 639 01:00:45,476 --> 01:00:47,478 [Upbeat music playing] 640 01:00:51,232 --> 01:00:52,858 [Indistinct chatter] 641 01:01:13,420 --> 01:01:15,673 [Camera clicking] 642 01:01:26,183 --> 01:01:28,769 Somebody's been taking pictures round my house. 643 01:01:28,853 --> 01:01:30,521 What do you think they want? 644 01:01:31,272 --> 01:01:32,273 Developers. 645 01:01:33,482 --> 01:01:36,277 They've been all up and down the marsh last few weeks, 646 01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:39,196 wanting to drain the "murky swamp." Build hotels. 647 01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:40,656 Yeah, I saw them last year. 648 01:01:41,365 --> 01:01:44,201 Cutting oak and digging channels down the way. 649 01:01:44,952 --> 01:01:45,953 They want my house? 650 01:01:46,036 --> 01:01:47,496 Maybe not the house, 651 01:01:47,580 --> 01:01:49,740 but I bet they offer you a heap of money for that land. 652 01:01:49,790 --> 01:01:50,791 Jumpin'! 653 01:01:50,875 --> 01:01:53,294 There ain't nothing wrong with some money going to kya. 654 01:01:56,005 --> 01:01:59,133 You do own that land, don't you? You own that house? 655 01:02:02,177 --> 01:02:03,470 Pa said so. 656 01:02:03,554 --> 01:02:05,472 Well, you're gonna need some proof. 657 01:02:05,556 --> 01:02:07,725 A deed, title. 658 01:02:12,438 --> 01:02:13,439 [Chase] Hey. 659 01:02:13,522 --> 01:02:16,191 Sorry to startle you. Can I carry that for ya? 660 01:02:16,984 --> 01:02:19,945 - I got it. - Please. Let me get it. 661 01:02:21,405 --> 01:02:22,990 Oh, I'm chase Andrews. 662 01:02:24,366 --> 01:02:25,826 Your name's kya, right? 663 01:02:27,494 --> 01:02:31,373 Yeah. Yeah. It's a nice name. I like it. It's different but nice. 664 01:02:34,209 --> 01:02:35,336 This is yours right here. 665 01:02:37,338 --> 01:02:38,464 There we go. 666 01:02:41,258 --> 01:02:44,094 You wanna go for a picnic in my boat this Sunday? 667 01:02:50,184 --> 01:02:51,310 Okay. 668 01:02:51,393 --> 01:02:53,979 I'll pick you up at noon from point beach. Does that work? 669 01:02:55,189 --> 01:02:57,191 All right. Well, I'll see ya, kya. 670 01:03:00,569 --> 01:03:01,904 [Motor starts] 671 01:03:08,869 --> 01:03:09,995 [Man] Well, here we are. 672 01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:14,291 Mr. Napier Clark, looks like, bought it in 1897. 673 01:03:14,875 --> 01:03:17,169 Yeah, uh, that's my grandpa. 674 01:03:18,003 --> 01:03:19,088 Yes, ma'am. 675 01:03:19,797 --> 01:03:24,802 It's never been sold, so, yes sirree, I reckon it belongs to you. 676 01:03:25,427 --> 01:03:29,098 Looks like you gotta pay some back taxes if you wanna keep it, miss Clark. 677 01:03:29,682 --> 01:03:32,017 In fact, ma'am, the way the law reads, uh, 678 01:03:32,101 --> 01:03:35,729 whoever comes along and pays those back taxes owns the land, 679 01:03:35,813 --> 01:03:37,523 even if they don't got no deed. 680 01:03:38,482 --> 01:03:39,608 Well, how much? 681 01:03:39,692 --> 01:03:41,485 Looks like about... 682 01:03:46,031 --> 01:03:47,741 Eight hundred dollars total. 683 01:03:49,410 --> 01:03:51,412 [Upbeat music playing] 684 01:04:05,259 --> 01:04:06,760 [Kya] Five years. 685 01:04:08,053 --> 01:04:11,306 It had been five years since Tate showed me this path. 686 01:04:12,141 --> 01:04:13,684 Dear sir or madam, 687 01:04:14,768 --> 01:04:19,648 I am sending you the following pages on the shells of the Carolina marsh 688 01:04:20,107 --> 01:04:21,608 for your consideration. 689 01:04:24,486 --> 01:04:27,364 Five years for my heart to open its shell again. 690 01:04:27,865 --> 01:04:30,075 [Harmonica playing] 691 01:04:39,001 --> 01:04:41,336 How's it feel to bask in the presence of musical genius? 692 01:04:48,510 --> 01:04:49,636 Hey, look. 693 01:04:52,306 --> 01:04:55,350 Oh. Oh! That's an ornate scallop. 694 01:04:56,226 --> 01:04:57,478 Pecten ornatus. 695 01:04:57,561 --> 01:04:58,729 All right. 696 01:05:00,105 --> 01:05:03,233 - Well, it's unusual to find one here. - Really? 697 01:05:04,026 --> 01:05:07,321 Yeah. This particular species usually inhabits regions south of here 698 01:05:07,404 --> 01:05:10,032 'cause these waters are too cool for them. 699 01:05:12,409 --> 01:05:13,409 What? 700 01:05:14,078 --> 01:05:18,248 Oh, no, it's just, the marsh girl knows the Latin name for shells 701 01:05:18,874 --> 01:05:21,502 and where they inhabit and why, for Christ sakes. 702 01:05:23,045 --> 01:05:24,129 Here. You keep it. 703 01:05:27,132 --> 01:05:28,133 Thank you. 704 01:05:33,263 --> 01:05:34,765 You're something else, ain't ya? 705 01:05:59,289 --> 01:06:01,834 I know you think I'm trash, but I'm worth more than a picnic. 706 01:06:01,917 --> 01:06:03,210 Oh, no, kya. Come on. 707 01:06:03,293 --> 01:06:06,255 I'm sorry. No. Hey, come on. I've never thought you were trash. 708 01:06:07,422 --> 01:06:08,507 Please. I'm sorry. 709 01:06:08,590 --> 01:06:11,510 I understand if you wanna go, but you can't walk from here. 710 01:06:11,593 --> 01:06:12,593 It's too far. 711 01:06:13,262 --> 01:06:14,680 Can I make it up to you? 712 01:06:17,266 --> 01:06:19,268 Please, can I make it up to you? 713 01:06:21,937 --> 01:06:24,148 I can't believe you never been up the fire tower. 714 01:06:24,231 --> 01:06:27,484 Come here when my family's all in my business. You know? 715 01:06:29,027 --> 01:06:31,530 It's a great way to see the whole marsh from above. 716 01:06:36,994 --> 01:06:37,994 Here. 717 01:06:59,433 --> 01:07:01,435 [Dramatic music playing] 718 01:07:03,437 --> 01:07:04,479 What is it? 719 01:07:06,273 --> 01:07:08,525 You can tell me. I won't laugh at you. 720 01:07:09,818 --> 01:07:14,698 It's like having a friend your whole life, but you never saw their full face. 721 01:07:17,242 --> 01:07:18,243 Now I see it. 722 01:07:24,374 --> 01:07:26,335 Your house is over there, ain't it? 723 01:07:30,589 --> 01:07:31,632 Take me there. 724 01:07:32,382 --> 01:07:33,383 Oh, um... 725 01:07:34,551 --> 01:07:36,929 - It's far. - Hey, I like far. 726 01:07:38,639 --> 01:07:41,433 I don't care what it's like, if that's what you're worried about. 727 01:07:48,106 --> 01:07:49,483 Is this it right here? 728 01:07:52,527 --> 01:07:54,696 How long you lived out here by yourself? 729 01:07:54,780 --> 01:07:56,490 Uh, about ten years, I think. 730 01:07:59,201 --> 01:08:01,745 Living out here with no parents telling you what to do? 731 01:08:04,456 --> 01:08:06,750 There's really nothing to see inside. 732 01:08:09,878 --> 01:08:11,922 - Wow, what you got on the porch? - What? 733 01:08:12,506 --> 01:08:14,341 Oh, um, nothing. 734 01:08:25,269 --> 01:08:26,645 What is all this? 735 01:08:27,813 --> 01:08:28,855 Nothing. 736 01:08:35,404 --> 01:08:37,948 What, you writing a book or something? 737 01:08:39,366 --> 01:08:40,367 Sort of. 738 01:08:41,493 --> 01:08:44,037 These look straight out of an encyclopedia. 739 01:08:47,165 --> 01:08:48,792 You're the real deal, ain't ya? 740 01:08:52,421 --> 01:08:53,463 Ah, swanee. 741 01:08:54,131 --> 01:08:55,882 You got a water pump. 742 01:08:57,801 --> 01:08:59,219 I wasn't ready for guests. 743 01:08:59,303 --> 01:09:00,512 Hey, don't worry. 744 01:09:04,016 --> 01:09:07,060 Hey, there's nobody I know who could live out here alone like this. 745 01:09:07,936 --> 01:09:10,230 I mean, most guys would be too scared. 746 01:09:13,692 --> 01:09:14,776 What do you want with me? 747 01:09:19,823 --> 01:09:23,243 Okay. Look, I'm real sorry I came on like that. 748 01:09:23,327 --> 01:09:25,996 I wanna get to know you better. All right? 749 01:09:26,079 --> 01:09:27,581 I think you're gorgeous. 750 01:09:28,999 --> 01:09:33,045 I do. I think you're free as a dang Gale and smart as a whip. 751 01:09:34,963 --> 01:09:37,257 But I won't do anything unless you want me to. 752 01:09:38,592 --> 01:09:39,592 How's that? 753 01:09:42,929 --> 01:09:43,930 That's fine. 754 01:09:45,557 --> 01:09:46,725 All right. 755 01:09:50,187 --> 01:09:52,189 [Harmonica playing] 756 01:09:58,070 --> 01:10:00,781 [Kya] I didn't know exactly how I felt about chase. 757 01:10:01,531 --> 01:10:03,283 But I was no longer lonely. 758 01:10:04,159 --> 01:10:05,452 That seemed enough. 759 01:10:07,662 --> 01:10:09,081 Is that for your book? 760 01:10:11,958 --> 01:10:14,294 Anyway, who knows if anyone will read it. 761 01:10:17,214 --> 01:10:18,882 The marsh was our secret. 762 01:10:20,634 --> 01:10:22,636 [Indistinct chatter] 763 01:10:22,719 --> 01:10:24,554 [Dramatic music playing] 764 01:10:29,101 --> 01:10:30,811 [Kya] Tell me about your friends. 765 01:10:31,019 --> 01:10:32,938 Oh, I don't really have any friends. 766 01:10:35,190 --> 01:10:38,235 You always seem to be having a good time when you're with them. 767 01:10:38,318 --> 01:10:39,319 You spying on me? 768 01:10:40,237 --> 01:10:41,238 [Chuckles] 769 01:10:44,449 --> 01:10:46,034 It's funny. My dad told me once, 770 01:10:46,118 --> 01:10:49,913 he'd had something to drink and a fight with my mom. 771 01:10:51,331 --> 01:10:54,960 He told me if my friends really knew me, they wouldn't be my friends. 772 01:10:56,878 --> 01:11:02,342 I don't know if anyone really knows me, is what I'm saying, I guess. 773 01:11:06,847 --> 01:11:08,682 I wonder what makes the sky blue. 774 01:11:10,642 --> 01:11:12,978 Blue and Violet wavelengths from sunlight. 775 01:11:14,271 --> 01:11:19,151 They, uh, bounce off the gas particles in the atmosphere and scatter. 776 01:11:26,616 --> 01:11:27,826 Is it okay if I... 777 01:11:29,369 --> 01:11:30,370 Kiss you now? 778 01:11:42,299 --> 01:11:44,843 [Prosecutor] Let's turn to the red wool fibers found 779 01:11:44,926 --> 01:11:46,720 on chase Andrews' denim jacket 780 01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:48,054 the night he died. 781 01:11:49,014 --> 01:11:52,225 Did you compare those samples to this red ski cap? 782 01:11:52,309 --> 01:11:53,310 Exhibit c. 783 01:11:53,393 --> 01:11:57,439 Yes. The fibers from the cap and the jacket matched exactly. 784 01:11:57,522 --> 01:11:59,274 [Prosecutor] And where was that cap found? 785 01:11:59,357 --> 01:12:01,902 [Doctor] It was found in miss Clark's residence. 786 01:12:01,985 --> 01:12:03,528 [Crowd murmuring] 787 01:12:03,612 --> 01:12:07,199 [Tom] Now, about these red fibers, is there any way, doctor, 788 01:12:07,282 --> 01:12:10,160 to determine how long the fibers had been on the jacket? 789 01:12:10,243 --> 01:12:13,872 [Doctor] No. We can tell where they came from, not when. 790 01:12:13,955 --> 01:12:16,082 [Tom] And if someone wore this hat often, 791 01:12:16,166 --> 01:12:19,753 is it possible the fibers would be in their hair and on their clothes? 792 01:12:19,836 --> 01:12:23,131 [Doctor] Yes. I would suppose they could. 793 01:12:23,215 --> 01:12:26,843 So would you agree that at any time during the years 794 01:12:26,927 --> 01:12:29,554 that the defendant, miss Clark, knew chase Andrews, 795 01:12:29,638 --> 01:12:33,266 the fibers of the hat could have been transferred onto chase's jacket? 796 01:12:33,350 --> 01:12:35,894 From what I've seen, yes. 797 01:12:35,977 --> 01:12:39,314 - [Tom] At any time they met. - Yes. 798 01:12:40,023 --> 01:12:42,025 [Sentimental music playing] 799 01:12:55,080 --> 01:12:59,000 "Dear miss Clark, we were fascinated by your manuscript. 800 01:12:59,751 --> 01:13:02,879 If, as you say, your materials are already complete, 801 01:13:03,505 --> 01:13:06,550 we hope to edit and publish in record time." 802 01:13:12,430 --> 01:13:15,850 Hey. You're looking at the new manager of western auto. 803 01:13:17,936 --> 01:13:19,145 Oh, chase, that's... 804 01:13:20,105 --> 01:13:22,232 - That's great news. - Come on. Let's celebrate. 805 01:13:34,369 --> 01:13:38,164 So they're gonna, uh, pay you for those drawings? 806 01:13:40,625 --> 01:13:41,710 Ooh! 807 01:13:45,255 --> 01:13:47,340 Just don't get too full of yourself, I guess. 808 01:13:48,550 --> 01:13:49,551 I wouldn't. 809 01:13:53,638 --> 01:13:55,849 I know people have disappointed you. 810 01:13:57,267 --> 01:13:58,810 And I'm sorry for that. 811 01:14:00,228 --> 01:14:02,355 Getting left by your own family. I mean... 812 01:14:03,648 --> 01:14:07,193 God, my family's a pain in the ass, but I don't think I could take that. 813 01:14:07,777 --> 01:14:10,196 But I want you to know that I'm gonna take care of you. 814 01:14:12,073 --> 01:14:13,325 Now I've been promoted, 815 01:14:13,408 --> 01:14:15,452 I can get you a nice house when we're married. 816 01:14:15,535 --> 01:14:17,037 - "Married"? - Yeah. 817 01:14:17,662 --> 01:14:20,915 A nice two-story on the beach with a wraparound veranda. 818 01:14:26,671 --> 01:14:28,298 What about your parents? 819 01:14:28,381 --> 01:14:29,841 Have you told them about me? 820 01:14:30,550 --> 01:14:32,302 What you gotta understand about my folks 821 01:14:32,385 --> 01:14:35,347 is that if I say you're my choice, that'd be that. 822 01:14:35,972 --> 01:14:38,224 They'll fall in love with you when they get to know ya. 823 01:14:42,854 --> 01:14:43,855 Come here. 824 01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:54,783 Oh, by the way, I have to drive over to asheville in a few days 825 01:14:54,866 --> 01:14:56,868 to buy goods for my dad's store. 826 01:14:56,951 --> 01:14:58,787 I was thinking you could come. 827 01:14:59,579 --> 01:15:01,414 - Celebrate your book and all. - Oh... 828 01:15:02,874 --> 01:15:04,834 - There'd be lots of people. - It doesn't matter. 829 01:15:04,918 --> 01:15:06,711 You'd be with me. I know everything. 830 01:15:07,504 --> 01:15:10,256 Hell, you don't have to talk to one soul if you don't want to. 831 01:15:11,132 --> 01:15:14,469 Come on. If we're gonna get married, you need to get out in the world a bit. 832 01:15:15,637 --> 01:15:17,639 Spread those long wings of yours. 833 01:15:20,058 --> 01:15:21,601 Come on. It'll be fun. 834 01:15:29,901 --> 01:15:33,446 It's a two-day job, so we'll stay the night. 835 01:15:36,700 --> 01:15:38,451 [Rock music playing over radio] 836 01:15:38,535 --> 01:15:40,328 [Chase] J“ ...Hold my head up high j“ 837 01:15:42,622 --> 01:15:43,915 incredible, huh? 838 01:15:45,083 --> 01:15:47,585 J“ makes me feel sweet inside j“ 839 01:15:58,263 --> 01:15:59,597 [Engine stops] 840 01:16:03,893 --> 01:16:06,396 Hey. It's an adventure. Come on. 841 01:16:49,230 --> 01:16:51,524 [Groaning] 842 01:17:29,229 --> 01:17:33,733 It'll feel better for you later, the more you do it. 843 01:17:42,450 --> 01:17:44,160 Hey, I never wanna lose you. 844 01:17:48,164 --> 01:17:49,958 - Yeah? - Yeah. 845 01:17:51,292 --> 01:17:52,669 I think about it a lot. 846 01:17:54,295 --> 01:17:56,589 Sneaking out at night to come see you. 847 01:17:58,550 --> 01:17:59,551 My marsh girl. 848 01:18:03,555 --> 01:18:05,640 J“ nobody knows j“ 849 01:18:06,641 --> 01:18:08,268 j“ nobody sees j” 850 01:18:09,227 --> 01:18:11,771 j“ nobody knows but me j“ 851 01:18:15,441 --> 01:18:19,237 hey, you don't have to prove yourself to anyone. You understand? 852 01:18:20,738 --> 01:18:22,407 You have me, and I love you. 853 01:18:26,244 --> 01:18:27,495 I made you something. 854 01:18:42,427 --> 01:18:44,220 [Woman] It was a single shell, 855 01:18:44,304 --> 01:18:47,932 hung on a piece of rawhide, tied in a tight knot, and it was missing. 856 01:18:48,016 --> 01:18:52,353 [Prosecutor] So to be clear, what you're saying is that the shell necklace 857 01:18:52,437 --> 01:18:56,274 that chase wore every day was missing from these items 858 01:18:56,357 --> 01:19:00,486 that law enforcement recovered from his body the day that he was found. 859 01:19:00,987 --> 01:19:02,238 Is that correct? 860 01:19:02,322 --> 01:19:04,699 - I think it's important. - Yes. 861 01:19:05,450 --> 01:19:08,703 He had that necklace on when he had dinner with us that night. 862 01:19:09,996 --> 01:19:12,790 And it was gone from his body. 863 01:19:14,208 --> 01:19:16,210 And what I'm saying is he never took it off. 864 01:19:16,711 --> 01:19:18,755 Whoever killed him took it. 865 01:19:18,838 --> 01:19:21,966 Objection, your honor. It's speculation. 866 01:19:22,050 --> 01:19:23,176 Sustained. 867 01:19:23,676 --> 01:19:25,178 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 868 01:19:25,261 --> 01:19:29,057 you will disregard that last remark by Mrs. Andrews. 869 01:19:29,140 --> 01:19:33,603 [Prosecutor] Mrs. Andrews, where did chase get this necklace? 870 01:19:33,686 --> 01:19:37,398 [Mrs. Andrews] It's from that marsh girl. Miss Clark. 871 01:19:38,066 --> 01:19:40,944 I didn't even know her name or if she even had one. 872 01:19:42,403 --> 01:19:43,905 I can't see why chase... 873 01:19:45,073 --> 01:19:46,449 But what I'm saying is, 874 01:19:47,033 --> 01:19:51,204 she's the only one who'd have any interest in taking the thing. 875 01:19:51,287 --> 01:19:52,830 Mrs. Andrews... 876 01:19:55,083 --> 01:19:58,002 Were chase and miss Clark romantically involved? 877 01:19:58,086 --> 01:20:01,047 [Mrs. Andrews] You could say. I saw him sneaking out at night. 878 01:20:01,714 --> 01:20:04,968 When I finally asked him where he was going, he told me the truth. 879 01:20:06,177 --> 01:20:08,888 I thought: What would people say? 880 01:20:10,348 --> 01:20:13,893 I was a silly woman to be worried about that next to... 881 01:20:15,520 --> 01:20:16,521 [Whimpers] 882 01:20:19,607 --> 01:20:23,194 But he told me he broke it off with her. 883 01:20:24,070 --> 01:20:27,740 She knew she couldn't have him anymore, so she killed him 884 01:20:27,824 --> 01:20:30,344 - and took back her ugly necklace! - [Tom] Objection, your honor. 885 01:20:30,368 --> 01:20:33,371 - [Crowd clamoring] - [Gavel banging] 886 01:20:33,871 --> 01:20:34,706 [Judge] Sustained. 887 01:20:34,789 --> 01:20:36,589 [Prosecutor] No further questions, your honor. 888 01:20:40,253 --> 01:20:44,298 Um, Mrs. Andrews, you have my deepest sympathy for your loss. 889 01:20:44,924 --> 01:20:47,010 With all due respect, 890 01:20:47,093 --> 01:20:51,806 you are aware that miss Clark's house was thoroughly searched. 891 01:20:52,765 --> 01:20:56,394 And that the police did not find the necklace there. 892 01:20:56,477 --> 01:20:58,896 - Did they? - No. 893 01:20:58,980 --> 01:21:00,982 [Crowd murmuring] 894 01:21:03,067 --> 01:21:05,069 [Dramatic music playing] 895 01:21:11,868 --> 01:21:14,495 [Kya laughing] 896 01:21:21,169 --> 01:21:22,170 [Chase] Hey. 897 01:21:23,087 --> 01:21:24,464 - [Kya] I got it. - Hey. 898 01:21:25,298 --> 01:21:27,967 - [Chase] Almost got you. - Almost knocked me out. 899 01:21:28,051 --> 01:21:30,011 - Just trying to show off. - [Chase laughs] 900 01:21:31,679 --> 01:21:34,348 [Man] What's that marsh girl like in bed, man? Is she an animal? 901 01:21:34,432 --> 01:21:37,143 [Chase] Wild as a bobcat and worth every bit of the gas money. 902 01:21:37,685 --> 01:21:39,020 Tell me her eyes glow. 903 01:21:39,145 --> 01:21:42,265 - Only for me and only when I make them. - Hey, don't talk about her like that. 904 01:21:43,858 --> 01:21:46,736 - What's that? - I said don't talk about her like that. 905 01:21:46,819 --> 01:21:48,613 Oh, the college boy. 906 01:21:50,740 --> 01:21:53,326 - He taught the marsh girl her abcs. - Oh. 907 01:21:53,409 --> 01:21:55,203 - [Chase] Mmm. - You're a waste of her time. 908 01:21:57,205 --> 01:21:59,373 Go ahead, college boy. What you gonna do? 909 01:21:59,457 --> 01:22:02,710 - Come on, you're tough, right? - Come on, let's do something. 910 01:22:02,794 --> 01:22:06,089 - You wanna hit me? - Hey, y'all settle down now. 911 01:22:06,172 --> 01:22:07,173 That's enough. 912 01:22:09,258 --> 01:22:11,427 Settle down before someone get hurt. 913 01:22:12,428 --> 01:22:13,721 There's better ways than this. 914 01:22:19,102 --> 01:22:21,104 [Boat approaches] 915 01:22:34,033 --> 01:22:35,118 Hey, kya. 916 01:22:35,785 --> 01:22:36,785 [Kya grunts] 917 01:22:38,079 --> 01:22:39,079 Hey, what the hell? 918 01:22:39,831 --> 01:22:41,999 Wait! Kya, wait! Please. 919 01:22:42,083 --> 01:22:43,167 Look, I just wanna talk. 920 01:22:43,251 --> 01:22:45,128 Get out of my lagoon, you dirty creep! 921 01:22:45,211 --> 01:22:47,046 Kya, please! I just need to talk to you! 922 01:22:47,130 --> 01:22:48,756 I don't care what you want! 923 01:22:49,465 --> 01:22:52,051 I never wanna see you again. Ever. 924 01:22:52,135 --> 01:22:54,053 Kya, I need to talk to you about chase, okay? 925 01:22:54,137 --> 01:22:56,889 - About chase? - He's not good enough for you. 926 01:22:58,558 --> 01:23:01,352 You're the one who left me. 927 01:23:03,187 --> 01:23:06,941 Who didn't come back when you promised. Who never came back. 928 01:23:08,484 --> 01:23:09,402 [Scoffs] 929 01:23:09,485 --> 01:23:13,698 You didn't even write to explain or even to say if you were alive or dead. 930 01:23:13,781 --> 01:23:14,991 You just disappeared. 931 01:23:15,074 --> 01:23:18,411 I know. And I'm so sorry, kya, you have no idea. 932 01:23:18,494 --> 01:23:21,914 You weren't man enough to face me. 933 01:23:23,166 --> 01:23:24,292 You're right, kya. 934 01:23:25,585 --> 01:23:27,211 Everything you say is true. 935 01:23:28,087 --> 01:23:30,548 Leaving you like that was the worst thing I've ever done, 936 01:23:30,631 --> 01:23:32,341 the worst thing I'll ever do in my life. 937 01:23:33,009 --> 01:23:37,305 I knew how badly I'd hurt you, and I couldn't face you, like you said. 938 01:23:40,016 --> 01:23:44,645 I thought you wouldn't be able to leave the marsh and live in any other world. 939 01:23:45,479 --> 01:23:49,525 You know, I thought I had to choose between you and everything else. 940 01:23:49,609 --> 01:23:52,278 But the truth is, kya, everything else that I thought mattered, 941 01:23:52,361 --> 01:23:55,531 the scholarships, the grants, the jobs, it means nothing without you. 942 01:23:58,159 --> 01:23:59,368 I was so wrong. 943 01:24:00,411 --> 01:24:01,996 I've been sorry for years. 944 01:24:04,582 --> 01:24:06,834 And I'll be sorry for the rest of my life. 945 01:24:17,803 --> 01:24:18,803 You look... 946 01:24:31,025 --> 01:24:32,443 I brought you something. 947 01:24:50,253 --> 01:24:53,422 You know, I'm working at the new lab near town. 948 01:24:54,715 --> 01:24:56,342 You'd love it, kya. 949 01:24:56,425 --> 01:24:58,594 I get to study all this under a microscope. 950 01:25:01,931 --> 01:25:03,057 So I'm here now. 951 01:25:05,476 --> 01:25:06,602 I'm back for good. 952 01:25:16,654 --> 01:25:18,698 Kya, I would do anything to... 953 01:25:21,867 --> 01:25:24,078 I would've done so many things differently. 954 01:25:32,753 --> 01:25:34,672 What do you want now, Tate? 955 01:25:34,755 --> 01:25:37,508 Is there any way that you could possibly forgive me, kya? 956 01:25:39,927 --> 01:25:40,927 Please? 957 01:25:43,931 --> 01:25:45,308 I don't know how. 958 01:26:08,581 --> 01:26:12,668 [Tom] Kya, I trust you would tell me if you knew of anyone else 959 01:26:12,752 --> 01:26:15,338 who had reason to harm chase Andrews. 960 01:26:20,009 --> 01:26:21,761 Well, all right, then. 961 01:26:22,511 --> 01:26:23,929 Try and get some rest. 962 01:26:24,013 --> 01:26:25,681 [Lock clicks] 963 01:26:30,478 --> 01:26:32,188 Oh. Hi. 964 01:26:32,271 --> 01:26:34,398 Hey. What you doing in town? 965 01:26:34,482 --> 01:26:38,402 I had some good news from the publisher, so I thought we could celebrate. 966 01:26:38,694 --> 01:26:40,414 - I was gonna make... - [Pearl] There he is. 967 01:26:47,912 --> 01:26:49,914 Kya, you know Brian, Tina, Pearl. 968 01:26:50,748 --> 01:26:53,334 - You guys know kya. - Sure, yeah, the marsh girl. 969 01:26:54,001 --> 01:26:55,753 Pleased to meet you, kya. 970 01:26:56,379 --> 01:26:58,214 I'm chase's fiancée. 971 01:27:00,508 --> 01:27:02,843 All right. Well, I'll see you around, kya. 972 01:27:11,519 --> 01:27:13,521 [Dramatic music playing] 973 01:27:20,653 --> 01:27:22,655 [Boat approaches] 974 01:27:45,886 --> 01:27:47,596 Hey, kya. I can explain. 975 01:27:50,683 --> 01:27:51,767 Are you in there? 976 01:27:53,853 --> 01:27:55,271 Hey, I just wanna talk. 977 01:28:01,569 --> 01:28:02,862 I know you're here, damn it! 978 01:28:05,030 --> 01:28:06,240 [Clattering noises] 979 01:28:20,671 --> 01:28:21,922 [Motor starts] 980 01:28:36,854 --> 01:28:38,606 [Screams] 981 01:29:04,632 --> 01:29:06,258 [Kya] Lhad to do life alone. 982 01:29:08,636 --> 01:29:09,720 But I knew that. 983 01:29:11,388 --> 01:29:13,057 I'd known for a long time. 984 01:29:15,226 --> 01:29:16,435 People don't stay. 985 01:29:28,864 --> 01:29:29,949 "Dear miss Clark, 986 01:29:30,574 --> 01:29:33,536 enclosed is the final copy of your beautiful book, 987 01:29:34,119 --> 01:29:36,455 along with the initial check for delivery, 988 01:29:36,539 --> 01:29:38,415 with royalties to follow, I'm sure. 989 01:29:39,917 --> 01:29:42,211 I'm attending a conference in Greenville next month 990 01:29:42,294 --> 01:29:45,422 and would love for you to join us and celebrate this great accomplishment." 991 01:29:45,506 --> 01:29:47,508 [Upbeat music playing] 992 01:29:54,181 --> 01:29:56,934 "A full deed for Catherine Danielle Clark 993 01:29:57,017 --> 01:30:02,314 for 310 acres of lagoons, marsh, oak forests and beach. 994 01:30:02,898 --> 01:30:05,985 Wasteland category: Murky swamp." 995 01:30:16,412 --> 01:30:18,414 [Car approaches] 996 01:30:27,506 --> 01:30:28,424 Jodie? 997 01:30:28,507 --> 01:30:31,844 There I am in asheville, and I see your book in a shop: 998 01:30:32,595 --> 01:30:34,054 Catherine Danielle Clark. 999 01:30:34,138 --> 01:30:38,934 And my heart just broke and leapt forjoy all at once. 1000 01:30:39,018 --> 01:30:40,853 I knew I had to find you. 1001 01:30:41,687 --> 01:30:43,480 I just didn't think you'd still be here. 1002 01:30:44,565 --> 01:30:45,899 What about the others? 1003 01:30:46,734 --> 01:30:49,194 I don't know a thing about murph, Mandy or missy. 1004 01:30:49,820 --> 01:30:52,239 I wouldn't know them if I passed them in the street. 1005 01:30:52,865 --> 01:30:53,866 And, um... 1006 01:30:55,868 --> 01:30:56,952 What about ma? 1007 01:31:00,080 --> 01:31:01,915 Ma passed, kya. 1008 01:31:10,257 --> 01:31:12,593 Ma had a sister, Rosemary. 1009 01:31:12,676 --> 01:31:15,554 She found me in the army and told me what happened. 1010 01:31:15,638 --> 01:31:18,849 Showed up at Rosemary's door in her alligator shoes. 1011 01:31:18,932 --> 01:31:21,560 Rosemary said she didn't talk for months. 1012 01:31:21,644 --> 01:31:24,521 And then about a year later, she remembered she had children. 1013 01:31:24,605 --> 01:31:28,150 Rosemary helped her write a letter to pa, asking if she could come get us. 1014 01:31:29,693 --> 01:31:32,237 And he told her if she ever so much as contacted us again, 1015 01:31:32,321 --> 01:31:34,031 he'd beat us unrecognizable. 1016 01:31:35,532 --> 01:31:37,117 Yeah, sounds like pa. 1017 01:31:37,201 --> 01:31:39,620 She saved up for lawyers and everything, 1018 01:31:40,371 --> 01:31:41,872 but then she got sick. 1019 01:31:41,955 --> 01:31:42,956 Leukemia. 1020 01:31:43,874 --> 01:31:44,875 She tried, but... 1021 01:31:44,958 --> 01:31:46,377 She never had a chance. 1022 01:31:49,046 --> 01:31:50,381 I've been waiting... 1023 01:31:51,924 --> 01:31:54,093 All these years for her to walk down the Lane. 1024 01:31:55,928 --> 01:31:58,347 You didn't have a family your whole life, 1025 01:31:59,181 --> 01:32:01,642 and there's nothing I can do to give you that back. 1026 01:32:02,643 --> 01:32:06,397 But I'd like to come see you as much as I can get up here. 1027 01:32:11,527 --> 01:32:12,945 Yeah, I'd like that. 1028 01:32:46,645 --> 01:32:48,647 [Soul music playing over radio] 1029 01:32:50,315 --> 01:32:51,942 [Jumpin'] Mabel's gonna be so proud. 1030 01:32:52,025 --> 01:32:53,402 Just one more thing. 1031 01:32:56,071 --> 01:32:57,823 I'll be sure he gets it. 1032 01:32:59,158 --> 01:33:00,325 Thank you, jumpin'. 1033 01:33:05,330 --> 01:33:06,582 [Jumpin'] How y'all doing? 1034 01:33:06,665 --> 01:33:09,501 One pack of your finest, please, sir. 1035 01:33:09,585 --> 01:33:11,086 And give me some matches. 1036 01:33:11,170 --> 01:33:13,172 - [Jumpin'] Sure thing. - [Chase] "Sure thing." 1037 01:33:13,255 --> 01:33:14,715 [Boys laugh] 1038 01:33:14,798 --> 01:33:16,383 Kya Clark. 1039 01:33:17,009 --> 01:33:18,761 Miss Catherine Danielle Clark. 1040 01:33:18,844 --> 01:33:20,721 You wrote a damn book. Come here. 1041 01:33:20,804 --> 01:33:22,723 Wait, wait, wait. I wanna talk to you. 1042 01:33:22,806 --> 01:33:24,725 Don't act like that. Come on. 1043 01:33:25,601 --> 01:33:26,769 Leave me alone. 1044 01:33:29,730 --> 01:33:32,441 [Brian] Damn, the marsh girl thinks she's too good for you now. 1045 01:33:33,066 --> 01:33:34,067 Shut up! 1046 01:33:34,151 --> 01:33:36,403 Here you go, sir. It's on the house. 1047 01:33:45,871 --> 01:33:47,456 Thought I might find you here. 1048 01:33:48,832 --> 01:33:50,209 I told you to leave me alone. 1049 01:33:50,292 --> 01:33:53,712 No, I know, but I just... Listen, I wanted to say I'm sorry. 1050 01:33:53,796 --> 01:33:57,216 Really. I feel bad about how things turned out. 1051 01:33:58,425 --> 01:33:59,885 "How things turned out"? 1052 01:34:01,345 --> 01:34:02,971 What, you mean how it turned out 1053 01:34:03,055 --> 01:34:05,390 you were engaged the whole time we were together? 1054 01:34:06,433 --> 01:34:10,020 How it turned out that you lie to everybody? 1055 01:34:10,103 --> 01:34:12,606 Kya, I have to do things I don't wanna do. You know that. 1056 01:34:12,689 --> 01:34:15,776 No, I have to get married to someone like Pearl. I had to. 1057 01:34:15,859 --> 01:34:17,653 But you're the one I really want. 1058 01:34:21,990 --> 01:34:24,243 You know any other man would have tried to change you? 1059 01:34:25,035 --> 01:34:26,161 To fix you? 1060 01:34:27,496 --> 01:34:28,747 I never did. 1061 01:34:30,249 --> 01:34:33,001 No, no. Please, please, wait. I need you. I really need you. 1062 01:34:34,586 --> 01:34:36,505 Don't leave me all alone in that place. 1063 01:34:37,339 --> 01:34:38,674 You know, nobody else knows me. 1064 01:34:43,220 --> 01:34:45,055 You know, I feel sorry for you. 1065 01:34:47,224 --> 01:34:49,393 But I want nothing to do with any of that. 1066 01:35:03,615 --> 01:35:04,783 Wilder than ever. 1067 01:35:08,954 --> 01:35:10,455 I know you want this too. 1068 01:35:10,539 --> 01:35:12,416 - Stop! - I know you want this too. 1069 01:35:14,293 --> 01:35:16,295 [High-pitched ringing] 1070 01:35:18,463 --> 01:35:21,341 You're mine, kya. You belong to me. I'm not letting you go this time. 1071 01:35:42,154 --> 01:35:44,323 Leave me alone, you bastard! 1072 01:35:45,699 --> 01:35:48,702 You bother me again and I'll kill you! 1073 01:35:49,494 --> 01:35:51,622 [Man] She shouted it real loud, sir. 1074 01:35:51,705 --> 01:35:53,749 I heard a commotion, and I come closer, 1075 01:35:53,832 --> 01:35:56,960 see if anybody was in trouble, and there she was. 1076 01:35:57,044 --> 01:35:59,004 And do you recognize the woman? 1077 01:35:59,796 --> 01:36:03,300 Is she in the courtroom today? 1078 01:36:03,383 --> 01:36:05,677 Yes, that one there. The defendant. 1079 01:36:05,761 --> 01:36:08,263 - [Crowd clamoring] - The one folks call marsh girl. 1080 01:36:08,764 --> 01:36:10,432 [Gavel banging] 1081 01:36:13,685 --> 01:36:16,480 [Kya] I finally understood why ma had to leave. 1082 01:36:16,563 --> 01:36:17,564 [Twig snaps] 1083 01:36:32,955 --> 01:36:34,581 [Bird squawking] 1084 01:37:01,233 --> 01:37:03,235 [Boat approaches] 1085 01:37:23,338 --> 01:37:25,007 One thing I learned from pa, 1086 01:37:25,674 --> 01:37:27,926 these men have to have the last punch. 1087 01:37:55,829 --> 01:37:57,622 Being isolated was one thing. 1088 01:37:58,790 --> 01:38:01,668 Living in fear, quite another. 1089 01:38:03,670 --> 01:38:05,589 I will never live like that. 1090 01:38:06,798 --> 01:38:10,677 A life wondering when the next fist will fall. 1091 01:38:32,699 --> 01:38:33,950 Tate, you can't be here. 1092 01:38:34,576 --> 01:38:36,036 I just wanted to check on you. 1093 01:38:36,119 --> 01:38:38,622 - Jumpin' said he hadn't seen you since... - Not now. 1094 01:38:40,290 --> 01:38:41,875 Kya, what happened to your face? 1095 01:38:42,667 --> 01:38:45,170 Was it chase? Tell me, kya. Did he do this? 1096 01:38:45,253 --> 01:38:46,880 I need you to stay out of it. 1097 01:38:46,963 --> 01:38:48,298 That son of a bitch. 1098 01:38:49,091 --> 01:38:51,843 - That son of a bitch. - Tate, I need you to go. 1099 01:38:59,768 --> 01:39:01,853 You know, I was gonna go to Greenville next week. 1100 01:39:05,107 --> 01:39:06,733 Finally meet my publishers. 1101 01:39:08,944 --> 01:39:10,529 Talk about the next book. 1102 01:39:11,154 --> 01:39:12,489 I was feeling brave enough. 1103 01:39:12,989 --> 01:39:14,616 Well, you can still go. 1104 01:39:14,699 --> 01:39:16,284 Looking like this? 1105 01:39:16,368 --> 01:39:18,120 Don't let him ruin this for you. 1106 01:39:19,329 --> 01:39:20,413 Go to Greenville. 1107 01:39:21,331 --> 01:39:22,916 Okay? There's a bus. 1108 01:39:22,999 --> 01:39:24,793 It's easy. Jumpin's got the schedule. 1109 01:39:25,710 --> 01:39:27,504 Let them put you up in a nice hotel, 1110 01:39:28,171 --> 01:39:30,382 eat some hot restaurant food you didn't have to make. 1111 01:39:30,465 --> 01:39:32,342 Stay a week, if you can. 1112 01:39:33,343 --> 01:39:36,221 And I'll come see you when you're back. Okay? 1113 01:39:37,264 --> 01:39:39,057 Hear how it all went with the publishers. 1114 01:39:39,891 --> 01:39:41,017 [Softly] All right. 1115 01:39:48,525 --> 01:39:49,526 Hey, you cold? 1116 01:39:51,361 --> 01:39:54,281 I'm fine. I don't need you to take care of me. 1117 01:39:54,364 --> 01:39:56,241 I know, but just take my hat. 1118 01:39:56,867 --> 01:39:58,994 - I said I don't need your help. - Just take it. 1119 01:40:01,454 --> 01:40:03,456 [Indistinct chatter] 1120 01:40:27,856 --> 01:40:30,400 [Jumpin'] You wanna tell me what happened to your eye? 1121 01:40:31,735 --> 01:40:33,820 I need to write down the bus schedule. 1122 01:40:33,904 --> 01:40:35,405 You have a copy, right? 1123 01:40:40,869 --> 01:40:43,663 It was that chase, wasn't it? 1124 01:40:46,208 --> 01:40:47,626 Kya, look at me. 1125 01:40:50,629 --> 01:40:52,547 Now you tell me what he did. 1126 01:40:54,841 --> 01:40:56,092 I can't say it. 1127 01:40:57,719 --> 01:40:58,803 It's over now. 1128 01:40:59,596 --> 01:41:01,389 I just want it out of my life. 1129 01:41:01,473 --> 01:41:03,725 And how you know he ain't coming after you again? 1130 01:41:05,018 --> 01:41:07,729 - You're all by your lonesome out there. - Jumpin', please. 1131 01:41:09,022 --> 01:41:10,815 You can't tell anybody. 1132 01:41:11,441 --> 01:41:12,651 You know how it is. 1133 01:41:12,734 --> 01:41:17,948 They'd drag me into the sheriff's office and make me describe it to a bunch of men. 1134 01:41:19,199 --> 01:41:22,619 And then write me up in the papers, accusing me of whoring. 1135 01:41:23,703 --> 01:41:25,789 Or trying to get money out of his parents. 1136 01:41:26,665 --> 01:41:28,333 Okay? They'd do nothing about it. 1137 01:41:28,416 --> 01:41:29,459 You're right, kya. 1138 01:41:32,045 --> 01:41:34,506 And I ain't gonna do anything to make this thing worse. 1139 01:41:36,758 --> 01:41:40,011 But you let me know when you're coming and going. 1140 01:41:40,095 --> 01:41:41,137 You hear? 1141 01:41:41,972 --> 01:41:43,848 I gotta know if you're out of town. 1142 01:41:47,269 --> 01:41:50,438 'Cause if I don't see you for a while... 1143 01:41:55,819 --> 01:41:57,153 Thank you, jumpin'. 1144 01:41:58,238 --> 01:41:59,906 I'm leaving in a few days. 1145 01:42:01,616 --> 01:42:03,243 I'll come see you as soon as I'm back. 1146 01:42:05,578 --> 01:42:06,663 Okay, that's good. 1147 01:42:07,622 --> 01:42:08,623 That's good. 1148 01:42:12,544 --> 01:42:16,840 [Tom] Miss price, would you tell us what you saw on the morning of October 29? 1149 01:42:16,923 --> 01:42:18,883 I saw the marsh girl... 1150 01:42:18,967 --> 01:42:20,635 Miss Clark, that is. Pardon me. 1151 01:42:20,719 --> 01:42:23,763 - Get on the 9:00 bus. - [Tom] You've got quite a good memory. 1152 01:42:23,847 --> 01:42:24,889 We all talked about it. 1153 01:42:24,973 --> 01:42:27,434 We 'd never seen her all cleaned up like that. 1154 01:42:27,517 --> 01:42:28,852 Hair combed, makeup. 1155 01:42:29,686 --> 01:42:34,024 [Tom] Just to be clear, on the morning of October 29, 1156 01:42:34,107 --> 01:42:38,903 you and several others saw miss Clark board the 9 am. Bus 1157 01:42:38,987 --> 01:42:40,822 and leave barkley cove. 1158 01:42:40,905 --> 01:42:42,866 - Yes, that's right. - Thank you, miss price. 1159 01:42:42,949 --> 01:42:44,576 No further questions, your honor. 1160 01:42:44,659 --> 01:42:49,164 Miss price, is the piggly wiggly open at 1:30 in the morning? 1161 01:42:49,789 --> 01:42:50,957 No, sir. 1162 01:42:52,042 --> 01:42:53,668 Well, the reason I ask is, 1163 01:42:54,252 --> 01:42:57,422 you couldn't have seen who got off the night bus from Greenville, 1164 01:42:57,964 --> 01:43:00,675 nor could you have seen who got on the 2:30 am. Bus 1165 01:43:00,759 --> 01:43:04,304 from barkley cove back to Greenville, could you? 1166 01:43:04,387 --> 01:43:06,056 Well, no. Of course not. 1167 01:43:06,139 --> 01:43:10,977 So after you saw miss Clark board that morning bus to Greenville... 1168 01:43:12,729 --> 01:43:15,523 She could have returned to barkley cove that night 1169 01:43:15,607 --> 01:43:19,527 and been back in Greenville for breakfast, all without you taking notice. 1170 01:43:20,320 --> 01:43:21,821 [Man] My name is Robert foster. 1171 01:43:21,905 --> 01:43:25,116 I'm a senior editor at Harrison Morris publishing company 1172 01:43:25,200 --> 01:43:26,284 in Boston, Massachusetts. 1173 01:43:26,368 --> 01:43:30,663 [Tom] Mr. Foster, you sat down for dinner with miss Clark at 7 pm. 1174 01:43:30,747 --> 01:43:32,791 On the night of October 29. 1175 01:43:32,874 --> 01:43:34,125 - Correct? - Yes. 1176 01:43:34,209 --> 01:43:36,252 What was your first impression of her? 1177 01:43:37,754 --> 01:43:43,385 My first impression was, uh, that she was very shy, very gentle, very smart. 1178 01:43:44,344 --> 01:43:46,137 I knew that she was something of a recluse, 1179 01:43:46,221 --> 01:43:49,099 but I also knew that she was a gifted naturalist. 1180 01:43:49,182 --> 01:43:52,143 - [Tom] How long did that dinner go on? - At least a few hours. 1181 01:43:52,227 --> 01:43:53,987 [Kya] Some female insects do eat their mates. 1182 01:43:54,020 --> 01:43:56,815 Fireflies, in fact, have two different light signals. 1183 01:43:57,315 --> 01:43:58,441 One for mating, 1184 01:43:58,525 --> 01:44:01,528 and one to attract a male in order to make him her next meal. 1185 01:44:01,611 --> 01:44:03,422 - [Man] So she eats him? - [Woman] How gruesome. 1186 01:44:03,446 --> 01:44:06,116 - [Man] Oh, dear. - I must spend less time with insects. 1187 01:44:06,199 --> 01:44:08,535 - It's quite amoral. - [Woman] Amoral, indeed. 1188 01:44:08,618 --> 01:44:10,954 I don't know if there is a dark side to nature. 1189 01:44:12,705 --> 01:44:14,499 Just inventive ways to endure. 1190 01:44:15,792 --> 01:44:16,876 Against all odds. 1191 01:44:16,960 --> 01:44:21,548 And when you met with miss Clark the following morning, October 30th, 1192 01:44:21,631 --> 01:44:25,593 was there anything unusual about her appearance or her demeanor? 1193 01:44:25,677 --> 01:44:26,845 Not at all. 1194 01:44:27,470 --> 01:44:29,139 [Tom] No further questions, your honor. 1195 01:44:29,222 --> 01:44:31,724 Mr. Foster, did miss Clark stay 1196 01:44:31,808 --> 01:44:34,394 at the same hotel as you and your colleagues? 1197 01:44:34,477 --> 01:44:37,105 No. She preferred a smaller hotel. 1198 01:44:37,188 --> 01:44:39,732 The, uh, mountain something. 1199 01:44:39,816 --> 01:44:43,069 Could you look at this map of Greenville for me, please? 1200 01:44:43,153 --> 01:44:47,740 I think you'll see the piedmont, where you and your colleagues stayed, 1201 01:44:47,824 --> 01:44:51,828 and then the three mountains hotel, where miss Clark stayed. 1202 01:44:51,911 --> 01:44:55,415 Could you tell me which one is closest to the bus station? 1203 01:44:57,083 --> 01:44:59,502 The three mountains hotel is closer. 1204 01:44:59,586 --> 01:45:03,214 In fact, the three mountains is the closest hotel 1205 01:45:03,298 --> 01:45:05,508 to the Greenville bus station. Is that correct? 1206 01:45:06,801 --> 01:45:07,927 Looks that way. 1207 01:45:08,803 --> 01:45:10,430 No further questions. 1208 01:45:10,513 --> 01:45:14,017 I don't think a good lawyer ever puts their client on the stand, 1209 01:45:14,100 --> 01:45:15,685 but this might help you. 1210 01:45:16,394 --> 01:45:20,690 For the jury to be able to hear from you, directly. 1211 01:45:21,941 --> 01:45:25,028 For them to be able to see you... 1212 01:45:26,404 --> 01:45:28,990 As the kind and thoughtful person you truly are. 1213 01:45:29,073 --> 01:45:30,700 They're never gonna see me like that. 1214 01:45:30,783 --> 01:45:34,204 Listen. I know you have a world of reasons to hate these people... 1215 01:45:34,287 --> 01:45:35,705 No, I never hated them. 1216 01:45:35,788 --> 01:45:37,290 They hated me. 1217 01:45:38,625 --> 01:45:41,794 They laughed at me. They left me. 1218 01:45:42,378 --> 01:45:44,756 They harassed me. They attacked me. 1219 01:45:44,839 --> 01:45:47,717 You... you want me to beg for my life? 1220 01:45:48,885 --> 01:45:50,094 I don't have it in me. 1221 01:45:50,720 --> 01:45:51,721 I won't. 1222 01:45:53,556 --> 01:45:56,142 I will not offer myself up. 1223 01:45:56,226 --> 01:45:57,685 They can make their decision. 1224 01:46:00,230 --> 01:46:03,900 But they're not deciding anything about me. 1225 01:46:05,902 --> 01:46:06,903 It's them. 1226 01:46:08,821 --> 01:46:10,281 They're judging themselves. 1227 01:46:13,034 --> 01:46:14,160 All right, then. 1228 01:46:21,543 --> 01:46:24,712 Mr. Milton, you have always been kind to me. 1229 01:46:26,214 --> 01:46:27,465 Even as a child. 1230 01:46:29,259 --> 01:46:30,468 I never forgot. 1231 01:46:33,888 --> 01:46:35,890 [Indistinct chatter] 1232 01:46:40,645 --> 01:46:44,357 [Prosecutor] His life was cut short by the jilted lover 1233 01:46:44,440 --> 01:46:47,652 who could not accept that he had returned to the fold. 1234 01:46:48,194 --> 01:46:52,657 A witness saw miss Clark and chase in the marsh. 1235 01:46:52,740 --> 01:46:55,493 Heard her say the words "I'll kill you." 1236 01:46:56,077 --> 01:46:57,412 And what's more, 1237 01:46:57,495 --> 01:47:01,791 is there's physical evidence from that night connecting them. 1238 01:47:02,500 --> 01:47:05,461 Fibers from her red wool cap 1239 01:47:05,962 --> 01:47:07,839 left on his denim jacket. 1240 01:47:07,922 --> 01:47:09,465 Dad, I'm going over to deal with it. 1241 01:47:09,549 --> 01:47:12,510 Who else would have motive to take that shell neck/ace? 1242 01:47:14,512 --> 01:47:17,015 You can, and you must, 1243 01:47:17,098 --> 01:47:21,686 find that the defendant is guilty of first-degree murder. 1244 01:47:31,487 --> 01:47:32,614 [Judge] Mr. Milton. 1245 01:47:43,374 --> 01:47:44,584 [Tom clears throat] 1246 01:47:48,379 --> 01:47:52,592 I have lived in barkley cove my whole life. 1247 01:47:53,760 --> 01:47:57,764 And like you, I heard the tall tales 1248 01:47:57,847 --> 01:47:59,766 told about the marsh girl. 1249 01:48:00,308 --> 01:48:02,602 That she was part wolf. 1250 01:48:02,685 --> 01:48:06,356 A missing link between ape and man. 1251 01:48:06,856 --> 01:48:09,317 That her eyes glowed in the dark. 1252 01:48:11,069 --> 01:48:13,780 Well, here she is. 1253 01:48:14,656 --> 01:48:18,576 The reality is that she was an abandoned child. 1254 01:48:18,660 --> 01:48:23,164 A little girl surviving out there in the marsh on her own, 1255 01:48:23,247 --> 01:48:25,875 reviled and shunned. 1256 01:48:28,836 --> 01:48:32,256 Mr. James Madison and his wife, Mabel, 1257 01:48:32,340 --> 01:48:34,592 they are sitting here in the courtroom today. 1258 01:48:34,676 --> 01:48:38,596 They're about the only people in this town who showed her any care. 1259 01:48:38,680 --> 01:48:40,056 The rest of us... 1260 01:48:42,517 --> 01:48:44,394 Well, I'm ashamed to say 1261 01:48:45,561 --> 01:48:51,150 that we labeled her and rejected her because we thought she was different. 1262 01:48:51,859 --> 01:48:53,152 And now... 1263 01:48:55,071 --> 01:48:58,825 The job ofjudging this shy and rejected young woman 1264 01:48:58,908 --> 01:49:01,494 has fallen on your shoulders. 1265 01:49:01,577 --> 01:49:06,999 But you must base your judgment on the facts presented in this courtroom, 1266 01:49:07,083 --> 01:49:13,172 and not on the rumors and feelings from the past 25 years. 1267 01:49:13,256 --> 01:49:16,175 Miss Clark has a solid alibi. 1268 01:49:16,259 --> 01:49:19,595 She was in Greenville the night chase Andrews died. 1269 01:49:19,679 --> 01:49:24,517 And what facts, exactly, stand against her? 1270 01:49:26,352 --> 01:49:31,315 The state has not proven that this incident was indeed a murder, 1271 01:49:31,399 --> 01:49:34,485 and not just some tragic accident. 1272 01:49:35,528 --> 01:49:39,198 The state wants you to believe that at 11:30 at night, 1273 01:49:39,282 --> 01:49:41,826 without a single witness seeing her, 1274 01:49:41,909 --> 01:49:45,288 she caught the last bus from Greenville to barkley cove, 1275 01:49:45,371 --> 01:49:47,999 and rode that bus disguised, 1276 01:49:48,082 --> 01:49:51,419 since neither of the bus drivers that night could identify her 1277 01:49:51,502 --> 01:49:54,630 as a passenger, all the way back to barkley cove. 1278 01:49:54,714 --> 01:49:58,468 And then, in less than an hour... 1279 01:50:00,178 --> 01:50:03,014 She tracks down chase Andrews in the middle of the night, 1280 01:50:03,097 --> 01:50:05,600 lures him to the tower, murders him, 1281 01:50:05,683 --> 01:50:07,769 wipes away all physical evidence, 1282 01:50:07,852 --> 01:50:12,732 and somehow catches the 2:30 am. Bus back to Greenville. 1283 01:50:12,815 --> 01:50:15,318 Again, without a single witness seeing her. 1284 01:50:15,401 --> 01:50:18,321 And after doing all that, 1285 01:50:19,572 --> 01:50:23,034 she meets with her publishers the next morning, unruffled. 1286 01:50:23,117 --> 01:50:25,036 Now, these are not facts. 1287 01:50:25,953 --> 01:50:28,790 These are just more of the rumors 1288 01:50:28,873 --> 01:50:34,253 and tall tales that we have been spreading about miss Clark her entire life. 1289 01:50:35,087 --> 01:50:39,050 I believe you will come to a judgment based on the facts, 1290 01:50:39,133 --> 01:50:42,512 and not the gossip that you have heard for years. 1291 01:50:43,554 --> 01:50:45,848 It's time, at last, 1292 01:50:46,933 --> 01:50:51,020 for all of us to be fair to the marsh girl. 1293 01:50:53,231 --> 01:50:55,483 [Tom] Maybe you should go home and do your waiting there. 1294 01:50:55,566 --> 01:50:58,152 Six hours already. How long do you think they'll take? 1295 01:50:58,236 --> 01:51:00,613 Well, let's hope they take a good long while. 1296 01:51:00,696 --> 01:51:04,575 If a fewjurors have doubts, we got a chance. 1297 01:51:19,298 --> 01:51:22,677 [Judge] Mr. Foreman, is it correct that the jury has reached a verdict? 1298 01:51:23,177 --> 01:51:24,387 We have, your honor. 1299 01:51:26,305 --> 01:51:28,307 [Suspenseful music playing] 1300 01:51:38,609 --> 01:51:42,530 The defendant will please rise for the reading of the verdict. 1301 01:51:47,618 --> 01:51:48,619 [Softly] Stand up. 1302 01:51:58,588 --> 01:52:02,925 [Man] "We, the jury, find the defendant, Catherine Danielle Clark... 1303 01:52:04,218 --> 01:52:09,599 Not guilty of first-degree murder of Mr. Chase Andrews." 1304 01:52:09,682 --> 01:52:11,100 [Crowd clamoring] 1305 01:52:11,183 --> 01:52:12,727 [Gavel banging] 1306 01:52:15,897 --> 01:52:18,274 Miss Clark, you are free to go. 1307 01:52:18,357 --> 01:52:22,278 And I apologize, on behalf of the state, for the time that you have served. 1308 01:52:22,361 --> 01:52:24,113 This court is dismissed. 1309 01:52:28,367 --> 01:52:29,368 Thank you. 1310 01:52:35,499 --> 01:52:36,500 [Mabel] Come here. 1311 01:52:39,045 --> 01:52:41,672 You're okay. You're all right. 1312 01:52:43,382 --> 01:52:46,719 You just forget about this nonsense. We're looking foward to the next book. 1313 01:53:02,026 --> 01:53:03,361 Can you take me home? 1314 01:53:51,742 --> 01:53:53,703 [Kya] Now I can finally admit. 1315 01:53:54,829 --> 01:53:59,208 All the months in isolation, yearning to be back in the marsh, 1316 01:53:59,875 --> 01:54:02,712 it was knowing how much was left to explore, 1317 01:54:03,671 --> 01:54:06,132 how much life to uncover in the wild, 1318 01:54:06,215 --> 01:54:07,383 that kept me going. 1319 01:54:09,635 --> 01:54:10,886 And the hope, 1320 01:54:11,721 --> 01:54:13,097 always that hope... 1321 01:54:14,682 --> 01:54:16,642 That one day I could share it... 1322 01:54:19,020 --> 01:54:21,856 With the only person I had ever truly loved. 1323 01:54:23,899 --> 01:54:25,901 [Sentimental music playing] 1324 01:54:48,340 --> 01:54:50,342 [Boat approaches] 1325 01:55:11,947 --> 01:55:12,947 Hey. 1326 01:55:13,657 --> 01:55:15,034 You know I love you, right? 1327 01:56:19,723 --> 01:56:20,723 What? 1328 01:56:21,433 --> 01:56:24,270 Will you, uh...? Sorry. I'm sorry. 1329 01:56:27,064 --> 01:56:28,232 Will you marry me? 1330 01:56:29,900 --> 01:56:31,152 I mean, do you want to? 1331 01:56:34,864 --> 01:56:36,282 Well, aren't we already? 1332 01:56:38,033 --> 01:56:39,034 Like geese? 1333 01:56:42,163 --> 01:56:43,831 I can live with that, I guess. 1334 01:56:46,500 --> 01:56:47,501 Come here. 1335 01:56:59,638 --> 01:57:01,640 Oh, here we go. 1336 01:57:01,724 --> 01:57:02,641 Hey. 1337 01:57:02,725 --> 01:57:04,768 Hey, you. Hi, there. 1338 01:57:04,852 --> 01:57:06,854 [Indistinct chatter] 1339 01:57:10,816 --> 01:57:12,443 [Softly] Come here, baby girl. 1340 01:57:14,445 --> 01:57:16,488 He loved you so much. 1341 01:57:26,957 --> 01:57:28,876 Kya. Look at that. 1342 01:57:28,959 --> 01:57:31,545 You see that up there? On the elbow of that branch? 1343 01:57:33,589 --> 01:57:35,799 When's the last time we saw one of those? 1344 01:57:36,884 --> 01:57:37,885 [Kya] I know. 1345 01:57:42,348 --> 01:57:45,392 This book's pretty good. This guy's still talking about... 1346 01:57:59,490 --> 01:58:01,450 [Kya] I hope when it is time for me to leave, 1347 01:58:01,533 --> 01:58:04,703 I will go quick and easy, without making too much noise. 1348 01:58:05,871 --> 01:58:07,873 [Dramatic music playing] 1349 01:58:36,277 --> 01:58:37,277 [Tate] Kya? 1350 01:58:44,285 --> 01:58:46,287 [Tate crying] 1351 01:59:17,026 --> 01:59:18,736 [Kya] It has always been enough... 1352 01:59:19,820 --> 01:59:22,448 To be part of the natural sequence of things. 1353 01:59:23,866 --> 01:59:25,159 Sure as the tides. 1354 01:59:25,993 --> 01:59:27,369 Nature my guide. 1355 01:59:31,999 --> 01:59:34,043 The marsh knows all about death... 1356 01:59:37,046 --> 01:59:39,673 And doesn't necessarily define it as tragedy. 1357 01:59:40,841 --> 01:59:42,259 Certainly not a sin. 1358 01:59:44,011 --> 01:59:48,057 It understands that every creature does what it must to survive. 1359 01:59:50,726 --> 01:59:53,896 And that sometimes, for prey to live... 1360 01:59:55,105 --> 01:59:56,857 Its predator must die. 1361 02:00:25,135 --> 02:00:26,470 I am the marsh now. 1362 02:00:28,555 --> 02:00:30,140 I am the feather of an egret. 1363 02:00:31,433 --> 02:00:33,936 I am every shell washed upon the shore. 1364 02:00:37,731 --> 02:00:39,108 I am a firefly. 1365 02:00:40,150 --> 02:00:43,612 You'll see hundreds beckoning far into the dark reaches of the marsh. 1366 02:00:44,738 --> 02:00:46,782 And that's where you will always find me. 1367 02:00:47,991 --> 02:00:49,243 Way out yonder. 1368 02:00:49,952 --> 02:00:51,412 Where the crawdads sing. 1369 02:00:59,962 --> 02:01:05,551 J“ oh, Carolina creeks running j“ 1370 02:01:05,634 --> 02:01:08,679 j“ through my veins j“ 1371 02:01:08,762 --> 02:01:12,808 j“ lost I was born, lonesome I came j“ 1372 02:01:12,891 --> 02:01:16,895 j“ lonesome I'll always stay j“ 1373 02:01:16,979 --> 02:01:21,024 j“ Carolina knows j“ 1374 02:01:21,108 --> 02:01:25,237 j“ why for years I roam j“ 1375 02:01:25,320 --> 02:01:29,283 j“ free as these birds, light as whispers j“ 1376 02:01:29,366 --> 02:01:34,246 j“ Carolina knows j“ 1377 02:01:34,329 --> 02:01:38,000 j“ and you didn't see me here j“ 1378 02:01:38,083 --> 02:01:42,212 j“ no, they never did see me here j“ 1379 02:01:42,296 --> 02:01:47,968 j“ and she's in my dreams j“ 1380 02:01:48,051 --> 02:01:53,056 j“ into the mist, into the clouds j“ 1381 02:01:53,140 --> 02:01:56,310 j“ don't leave j“ 1382 02:01:56,393 --> 02:02:00,147 j“ I make a fist, I'll make it count j“ 1383 02:02:00,230 --> 02:02:02,483 j“ and there are places j“ 1384 02:02:02,566 --> 02:02:08,155 j“ I will never, ever go j“ 1385 02:02:08,238 --> 02:02:13,035 j“ and things that only Carolina j“ 1386 02:02:14,703 --> 02:02:18,707 I“ will ever know j“ 1387 02:02:31,553 --> 02:02:35,557 J“ Carolina stains j“ 1388 02:02:35,641 --> 02:02:39,520 j“ on the dress she left j“ 1389 02:02:39,603 --> 02:02:43,857 j“ lndelible scars, pivotal marks j“ 1390 02:02:43,941 --> 02:02:48,070 j“ blue as the life she fled j“ 1391 02:02:48,153 --> 02:02:52,115 j“ Carolina pines j“ 1392 02:02:52,199 --> 02:02:56,245 j“ won't you cover me? J“ 1393 02:02:56,328 --> 02:03:00,415 j“ hide me like robes down the back road j“ 1394 02:03:00,499 --> 02:03:05,420 j“ muddy these webs we weave j“ 1395 02:03:05,504 --> 02:03:09,216 j“ and you didn't see me here j“ 1396 02:03:09,299 --> 02:03:12,511 j“ oh, they never did see me j“ 1397 02:03:13,470 --> 02:03:19,059 j“ and she's in my dreams j“ 1398 02:03:19,142 --> 02:03:24,147 j“ into the mist, into the clouds j“ 1399 02:03:24,231 --> 02:03:27,317 j“ don't leave j“ 1400 02:03:27,401 --> 02:03:31,280 j“ I make a fist, I'll make it count j“ 1401 02:03:31,363 --> 02:03:33,657 j“ and there are places j“ 1402 02:03:33,740 --> 02:03:39,496 j“ I will never, ever go j“ 1403 02:03:39,580 --> 02:03:44,042 j“ and things that only Carolina j“ 1404 02:03:45,877 --> 02:03:52,884 j“ will ever know j“ 1405 02:04:24,207 --> 02:04:28,170 J“ and you didn't see me here j“ 1406 02:04:28,253 --> 02:04:31,882 j“ they never did see me here j“ 1407 02:04:31,965 --> 02:04:36,386 j“ no, you didn't see me here j“ 1408 02:04:36,470 --> 02:04:39,723 j“ they never saw me j“ 1409 02:04:43,602 --> 02:04:48,190 j“ oh, Carolina knows j“ 1410 02:04:48,273 --> 02:04:52,277 j“ why for years they've said j“ 1411 02:04:52,361 --> 02:04:56,156 j“ that I was guilty as sin j“ 1412 02:04:56,239 --> 02:05:00,619 j“ and sleep in a liar's bed j“ 1413 02:05:00,702 --> 02:05:04,665 j“ but the sleep comes fast j“ 1414 02:05:04,748 --> 02:05:08,877 j“ and I'll meet no ghosts j“ 1415 02:05:08,960 --> 02:05:13,048 j“ it's between me, the sand, and the sea j“ 1416 02:05:13,131 --> 02:05:18,428 j“ Carolina knows j“