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