03x07 - Guilty

[bunniefuu]

Hey. Hey, mister.

Wait!

Just wait. Come on.

Hey, mister, you hurt?

What, you get thrown
or somethin'?

I better get you
into town.

[moans]

Don't move.
Just lie still.

I'll bring
my horse over closer.

You-- Jeff Bowden.

♪ [theme]

I really like him,
but he'd been
disturbing the class

by talking all morning,
so finally, I said to him,

"All right, Ollie,
stand up."

-Morning, Mother.
-Morning.

AUDRA: Good morning.

I gather you're talking
about Ollie Jameson.

Who else?

From what I gather,
I hear he could give

a honey bear lessons
in mischief.

Yes, he could.

Anyway, I warned him
about talking at least
a half a dozen times.

And finally, I said,
"Ollie, suppose you'd
had to take Mrs. Devon's place.

Suppose you were
the substitute teacher.
What would you do?"

You know what he said?

He said, "I'd send me home."

Jarrod, that's
supposed to be funny.

Hmm?

Oh, never mind, darling.

This is one of Jarrod's
"I've got so much on
my mind" mornings.

Well, as a matter of fact,
I do.

Meaning Jeff Bowden.

Jarrod, that's over.
You should forget it.

It's not easy to forget
the deputy taking him

off to prison last night.

They'll try and keep him
there the rest of his life.

He k*lled a man.
He could've been hanged.

With any other attorney,
he would've been.

I think you did very well
by him, Jarrod.

The operation was successful,
but the patient died.

Oh.

Jarrod, there was
an eyewitness.

I don't believe
that eyewitness.

I think he was carried away
like everybody else.

Good morning.

Uh-oh.

Just a very long
card game.

I'll just
have coffee, thank you.

Those quit claim papers
have to be signed today?

Uh-huh. I have to
record them in
the morning.

Come in early,
will you, Nick?

I wanna get started
with the Bowden appeal.

Still harpin' on that.

He's still on that.

He's still
blaming himself.

Well, it's all pretty
cut and dried to me.

Bowden was tried
by a judge and jury,
the whole pot of beans.

Can I have some more
coffee, please?

It was trial
by hysteria, Nick.

Nobody in this town
could forget

that the man that
was m*rder*d was a priest.

Pure emotional bias,
and I should've been
able to cut through it.

You ready, Audra?

Ready.

So you're gonna just
throw the whole trial
right out the window, huh?

You're the one that always says,
put your trust in law.

Bowden put his trust
in me, Nick.

Jarrod?

What?

Nothing.

You know something?

I think that Ollie Jameson is a
pretty lucky kid.

Oh? Why?

Well, he has about
the sweetest and
the prettiest teacher

in all of California.

Thank you.

You know, when I was a kid,
we once took a vote

on who the prettiest
teacher was.

And you know who won?

-Who?
-Nobody.

I don't believe that.

Well, you should.

You know,
I'm pretty lucky, too.

Why is that?

Because I have
a brother like you.

Now what brought
that on?

Oh, the way you
fought for Jeff Bowden.

The way you're
still fighting.

What's this? I thought
you were on the other side.

I can't believe that
he's innocent, Jarrod.

But it makes me proud
that you care,

that you're so
worried.

Angry might be
a better word, Audra,

at what I consider
a monumental mistake.

Mr. Becker saw him
run from the church.

Mr. Becker thought
he saw him run

because he wanted
to see him run.

Why?

Maybe to make himself
more important. Who knows.

Enough to send
a man to prison?

It wouldn't be
the first time it's happened.

Giddy up.

Whoa.

Here you are, Audra,
and I hope you have

a nice day with
Ollie Jameson.

Aren't you going
to your office?

Just as soon
as I finish here.

Oh. Well, I'll pick you up
after school.

All right.

Oh, Mr. Barkley,
come in.

Mrs. Haley.

Oh, Mrs. Bowden will
sure be pleased to see you.

How is she?

Well, she ain't been
too happy.

I mean, being left
alone like this,

and the baby more than
a week late already.

Yes. May I...

Oh, well, it don't
mean nothin' bein' late.

I brung lots of 'em
into the world like that.

Except it's her first,
and she's naturally scared.

Oh, you remember my first,
my little John?

Well, he's a big boy now.

Yes, Mrs. Haley,
may I see her now, please?

Oh, you wanna see
Mrs. Bowden.

Here I go, chatting away
about myself again.

Mrs. Bowden, you got
yourself some company.

Good morning.

Oh, is there
somethin' new?

Not yet,
I'm afraid.

Don't you worry.
That appeal will
be granted.

I just stopped by
to see if there's
something you might need.

No. I'll be all right.

I'm sure you will.

Especially when
you have that boy.

You think
it's gonna be a boy?

Well, it has to be a boy.

Jeff can't hunt
and fish with a girl, can he?

You know, it's funny,
Mr. Barkley.

Jeff never went to school.

He can't read.

And here I am,
trying to write
him a letter.

It sounds...

like it was
a stranger.

I can't seem to write
what I feel in a letter.

And what's worse,
somebody in the prison

will have to read it
to him.

What will it
sound like then?

I'm sure he'll understand.

I want to thank you,
Mr. Barkley.

I didn't get a chance to
after the trial.

There was so much confusion.

You don't have
to thank me.

Not yet anyway.

You tried.

You tried your best.

And we're grateful.

We're grateful
you even took the case.

Why wouldn't I
take the case?

Well, Jeff was only
a handyman.

There's no money to pay
a lawyer like you.

I believe that
your husband is innocent.

If I can prove that, that's
payment enough, believe me.

If it's a boy,

would you like
to be godfather?

Mrs. Bowden,
I would be honored.

Well, I better
get on to the office.

I'll try and look in again
tomorrow.

Please, don't get up.

Oh, it will do me good.

You get tired of
sitting and waiting.

I'm looking for Jeff.
Is he here?

What happened?

He got away from the marshal.

This morning up on
the north road,

he jumped Walt Tenner,
grabbed his horse and g*n.

Walt followed his tracks
for a ways.

He said they headed
straight for town.

Sorry, Mrs. Bowden.
We'll have to search the house.

Alec.

-Marty.
-Yes, sir.

Will this make it
worse for Jeff?

It may.

I only hope they can
pick him up

before he does something
more foolish.

Jarrod, I may have
to deputize you.

No, thanks, Fred.

Now, wait a minute.
You're his lawyer.

He might listen to you.

Not if I'm
wearing a badge

and hunting him down
with the rest of you.

Suit yourself.

Not a sign of him, Fred.

Nothin'.

I had to check,
Mrs. Bowden.

Mrs. Haley,

if Jeff
does come here,

you let me know
right away, understand?

The most important thing
is that you keep him here,
talk to him,

make him understand that
he's only hurting himself.

We've got to stop him
from making things worse.

Mr. Barkley, help him.

I will if he
gives me the chance.

You all right?

Well, and about time!

Come along now.

Let's get you to bed.
Easy, now.

Easy, easy.

That's right.

Just a minute.

Right. Sit down.
Take your slippers.

I'll be right back.

I'll put some water
on to boil.

Barkley!

Wait.

Have you
seen the sheriff?

They said
he was here.

He was. He just left.

Jeff Bowden's back.

The sheriff's gotta
give me protection.

I'm sure he will,
if you need it.

Look, Mr. Barkley,

I stood up there
in court.

I did my duty,
I testified against Bowden.

Now, don't you say to me
if I need it.

I coulda told you
he'd come back.

If he gets
a chance at me,

I'm like that priest.
I'm dead.

We don't know that
he came back for you, Sam.

I know!

You were there
yourself.

You heard what he said
when they were
takin' him away.

"I ain't forgettin'
you, druggist.

"I'm gonna pay you off.

If it takes 500 years,
I'm gonna pay you off."

Anybody might've
said that, Sam.

He thought you lied
on the stand.

Why? What for? Why would I wanna
hurt him like that?

You ask him.

All the time
his wife's been expectin'.

You ask him how much
he paid for her pills.

Half price, because
he couldn't afford no more.

Ain't nothin' to him.

He's gonna k*ll me
if he gets a chance.

Now look, Sam, we don't
even know he's here.

If he is, this town
isn't that big.

We'll find him.

Before he finishes me?

Before he finishes
himself, I hope.

[laughing and screaming]

Hello, Stevie.
How are you?

I'm fine,
Miss Barkley.

Except I can't
run around this morning,

on account of
this new jacket
I got from Pa.

It's very handsome.
Are you feeling better?

Huh?

Well, you were out all week.
I thought you were sick.

Oh, no, ma'am.

I've been running
the store.

I don't mean
rollin' pills and such.

Just watchin' while
Pa was in court.

I see.

Pa wouldn't just
leave the drugstore
like that.

Only they said
he had to go.

He had to stand up
in court and tell
what he saw.

Of course.

But looks like he won't
have to go no more.

They took Jeff Bowden away
last night,

and Pa says he ain't
never gonna come back.

Stevie, why don't you
take your beautiful new jacket

and hang it up
before it gets dirty?

Yes, Miss Barkley.

Ollie, would you close
the front door, please?

Yes, ma'am.

Bowden!

No!

No, don't!

Sheriff. Sheriff!

Hurry up. You'll lose him!

Jeff Bowden. He just
tried to sh**t me.

You sure
it was Bowden?

Over my place.
He just missed me that much.

All right, Marty, Alec,
you both check the alley.

Check every store,
every house, everything.

Come on,
let's go.

Hodges, Lavery, take
Newberry Street, both sides.

You two take
Pierce Avenue.

The rest of you,
take the river.

-Fred.
-Yeah?

You got another badge?

Change your mind?

Maybe you were right.

He might listen to me.

Good. We'll check
Norton Street.

Whoa.

Well, how long you reckon
you're gonna be?

-Oh, not long.
-Uh-huh.

Any time a woman tells me
she's not going to be long,

she's goin' shoppin',
it's three-to-one

I'll be back
before she's through.

Now, I best get over there
and get those papers signed,

so you wait here,
I'll be right back.

Oh, no, I'll walk
to the Bowdens'.
It's not far.

Not with all those
packages, you don't.
I'll be right back.

All right.

Giddy up now.

-Good morning, Victoria.
-Morning, Arthur.

What can I do
for you?

Oh, I'd like to see
some baby things.

For a friend.

You betcha. Any idea
what she needs?

My guess would be
just about everything.

Well, fine. Let's start
with the blankets.

-Helen.
-Good morning.

I shouldn't be
too long, Arthur.

I just have to get
some things for supper.

Nice to see you,
Victoria.

There we are.

All blue?

It's the only color
I carry.

Everybody
hopes for a boy.

Not this time.

I'm hoping Mrs. Bowden
has a girl.

Mrs. Bowden?

Girls are much easier
to raise alone.

Is that who you're
buyin' for, Jeff Bowden's wife?

Shouldn't I be?

Well, it's your money.
You do what you like.

Seems to me, though,

when it comes to trash
like the Bowdens--

You're that sure
that they are trash.

Well, what else?

A lazy lout like that.

Been around here
six, seven years now,

and still ain't took
no steady work.

Still satisfied
doin' odd jobs
around town.

Maybe he couldn't get
anything else.

Well, that ain't
true, Victoria,

and I'm the one
that can tell ya.

Three years back,
I offered him a job myself.

I said pay won't be much
to begin with,

but you can be like me.

Start small
and build big.

And how did you
get started, Arthur?

Workin' for
Old Man Tucker.

And I mean workin', too.

Puttin' in
seven days a week,


Workin' till
my back was broke.

And marrying his daughter.

That wasn't called for,
Victoria.

I've learned one thing
in this valley.

There's room
for all kinds--

Men like you
and Jeff Bowden--

And no man has the right
to call another trash.

Look, Bowden's a k*ller.
He k*lled a priest.

Jarrod thinks he's innocent.
He's going to appeal.

Well, let him.
It'll take more than a lawyer.

It'll take an act of God.

If you don't mind, Arthur,
I'd like to finish my shopping.

Now would you show me
some other things?

-Oh, Miss Audra!
-I see it, Ollie.

Stevie, I'm afraid your absence
has put you behind the class.

-I got it wrong?
-Mm-hmm.

A lot?

A lot or a little,
doesn't matter.

In arithmetic,
you have to be perfect.

Yes, ma'am.

Shall we add it up
together?

-Five and four.
-Nine.

-And three.
-Twelve?

-And seven.
-Eighteen.

Nineteen.

Sometimes, second guesses
are better.

[door opens]

Sorry, Miss Barkley.
We had to look in.

We're after Jeff Bowden.

Jeff Bowden?

Here in Stockton?
Are you sure?

No question
about it, ma'am.

He took a shot at the baker
and ran down the alley.

Well, he didn't
run in here.

The only criminal we have
is Ollie Jameson.

He talks
too much.

That's all right.
He's gotta be around.

-We'll pick him up.
-Sorry to bother you, ma'am.

Shall we go on?

Stevie, there's
no reason to
be frightened.

But he came back
to k*ll Pa.

Now that's
a silly idea.

On account of Pa
talked against him in court.

He isn't going
to hurt your father.

He isn't gonna
hurt anyone.

Don't worry.
They'll find him.

Stevie, would it make you
feel better

if I let you go be
with your father?

-Yes, ma'am, please.
-All right.

Go ahead.

And don't worry
about your lessons.

I'll bring them
over to you.

Well, now, who
would like to finish
the blackboard exercise?

Ollie.

No, ma'am. I just
wanted to tell you

Stevie forgot
to take his jacket.

Oh, maybe you can
catch up with him
and give it to him.

[gasps]

Jarrod?

-Anything?
-Not so far.

You take the rest of the street
alone if you don't mind.

I think I better get back

in case some of
the others get lucky.

-All right, Sheriff.
-Jarrod.

You knew him
better than anyone.

You have any idea
who might be hiding him out?

No, Sheriff, I haven't.

All right.

You better sit down.

Go on, sit down.

Look, I don't mean you...

I don't mean any of you
no harm.

Not so long as
you're all quiet.

You understand?

Just be quiet.

You're not thinking
of hiding here, are you?

You got someplace better?

Look, it wasn't my notion
to hole up in here,

but I didn't have
no time to pick and
choose, you understand?

Or to think about the children
if there's any sh**ting.

Look, Mr. Bowden, people
are always coming to the school.

Parents, trustees.

Almost any place would be better
for you to hide than here.

Like out on the street,
maybe,

so the town could
hold a parade for me.

Look, they'll get tired
of lookin' for me.

I'll clear outta here
in a little while.

Please, just let
the children go.

I can't.
I can't take that chance.

Children, I think
we'll skip history today.

Why don't we draw?

Let's get out
our slates.

What'll we draw,
Miss Audra?

Anything, Ollie.
Anything you want.

There might not
be no trouble.

They ain't found me yet.

Pa, it's me. Open up!

What are you
doin' here?

You should be
in school.

Miss Barkley said
I should be with you.

With me?

Well, sure, on account of
Jeff Bowden.

Unless you ain't heard.

I heard.

Pa.

You got any notion
why he came back?

I...

I wouldn't
hardly know.

Man like that,

ain't easy to say.

Do you think he...

maybe came back
after you?

Supposin' he did?

Shows his face around here,

he's gonna find
he's tanglin' with a buzz saw.

But you have
the store closed.

Oh, that. Well,
that's the sheriff's orders.

He's set on takin'
Bowden alive.

Here, let's call this
a little pay on account.

Pay for what?

There's a couple
of cases in the back room.

Long as you're here,
you might as well
get 'em unpacked.

Sure, Pa.

Pa, I left my new jacket
in school.

Stevie.

Steve, wait a minute.

Mr. Bowden.

May I talk to you?

It's almost time
for the children's recess.

People are used to seeing
the children outside.

Someone's bound to wonder.

There's nothin' they can do
with the kids in here.

What you hidin', boy?

I asked you somethin'.
What you got there?

What do you got?

Even the kids.

Run, Stevie, run!

Get out of my way!
Get out of my way!

That was the druggist's kid.

Oh, you fixed me up good.

You fixed me up just fine.

Fred!

Hold up a minute.

What's goin' on here?

Well, I just passed the bank,
it wasn't bein' robbed.

Business going on
as usual.

It's Jeff Bowden, Nick.

Bowden?

Yeah. He escaped
last night.

Gave his deputy the slip
and headed right back here.

Well, now, wait a minute,
wait a minute.

What is he doin'
comin' back here?

I'll give you
one fat guess.

Sam Becker.

Not hard to figure,
is it?

Well, I guess you'll be
goin' after Bowden
first, right?

Got half the town
out lookin' for him now.

Well, if you need me,
I'll be at Jarrod's office.

Save yourself the trip.
Look over on North Street.

Jarrod's out lookin'
for him, too.
I deputized him.

Jarrod.

Sheriff told me
about Bowden.

Think he'd come back here
to k*ll Sam Becker?

I hope not, Nick.

Now, don't put yourself out
on the end of a limb, Jarrod.

You kept him from bein' hung.
What more can you do?

Maybe just keep him
from hangin' himself.

I gotta report
back to Fred.

I just best go along.

Pa, open up! I gotta
tell you somethin'!

Pa! Pa, open up!

Before he gets away.

Come on, Pa!

Now, you knew he'd go
yellin' to his pa.

Yes.

And you give him a hand.

Didn't matter a hoot
what happened to me.

Why? Why?
Did I hurt you any?

Did I try to
do you some harm?

Look, you got me tied up here
like a goose ready for market.

Mr. Bowden,
I'm Audra Barkley.
Jarrod's sister.

I know that.

Why don't you
let me send for him?

He'd help you.
I know he would.

Wouldn't do no good.
No more than before.

Don't you know this town's
got a taste for blood?

They're gonna
come after you.

They'll have g*ns.

Let the children leave.
I'll stay.

I can't.

I told you,
I can't.

Them kids is all
the cover I got.

Don't count on us, mister.
We won't help you one bit.

-Ollie!
-You broke a commandment.

My pa says you're
gonna roast in hell.

Stop it!

I heard my pa
say it.

You k*lled a priest,
and you're gonna hang!

Ollie,
stop it, please!

Maybe. Maybe, boy.

But not yet.

Not for a while.

Fred!

Have you
picked him up?

No, but I got a dozen
men out lookin' for him.

That's not enough. You need
more. Every man you can get.

You wanna set
this whole town
in a panic?

We pin him down with
a bunch of nervous g*ns,

we're gonna force him into
doing something that
maybe we can prevent.

You'd k*ll a mad dog
in the street.

He k*lled that priest.

That's one man's testimony.

Are you callin' me
a liar?

You sayin' I don't
know what I saw?

All I'm saying is that
you could be wrong.

You listen to me,
Mr. Jarrod Barkley.

Pa!

Pa!

Pa.

Jeff Bowden,
I saw him.

He's in the school.
Jeff Bowden's in the school.

Round up the others fast.

[whispering]

What are you talkin'
about over there?

What you two talkin'?

Now, you sit down.
Go on, sit down!

Somethin' out there?

What is it?
What do ya see?

I asked you
what you see!

Joe, Alec and Marty
are covering that alley
back there.

Tell 'em to stay put
till they get the word.

Stay put?! What for?
You got him holed up.

He's not the only one
in there, Becker.

Where's Mother?

She's over at Kleeber's
getting some baby clothes
for the Bowdens.

You better get back there
and take her over to
Bowden's yourself.

Now wait a minute.

You want her to hear about
him being in there with Audra?

What good would it do?

How soon you
goin' in, Sheriff?

I'm not sure, Nick.
It's gonna take
some figurin'.

All right.
I'll be back.

Well, you are on time.

Mm-hmm.

Good thing I got
the buggy outside.
Next stop, Bowdens?

-That's right.
-All right.

Thank you.

Uh, I was just thinking.

Maybe I should
buy the kid something, too.

Come on, you can help me
pick out the sizes.

That's silly.
I bought him everything
he could possibly use.

He could always
use more, Mother.

You know, there's cottons
for the summer,

flannels for the winter.

You know how
those kids grow.

Come on, let me play
Santa Claus, too.

Victoria!
Victoria, have you heard?
Jeff Bowden's escaped.

They've trapped him
in the schoolhouse.

Our Henny's there,
and your Audra, too.

Arthur, get
your coat!
Hurry!

[coldly]
How dared you?

How dared you keep this
from me?

Well, Jarrod and I both...

Next time, let me do
my own thinking.

You just gonna
stand around thinkin'?

You want Bowden so bad,
bring him out yourself.

I'm no hand
with a g*n.

You're real fast
with ours.

Sam, you can hardly
blame him.

Your son's out here.
His kid's in that school,

along with a lot
of others.

I don't owe 'em
nothin', none of 'em.

You liked it fine
when I told what I knew,

when I stood in that court
and testified knowing that
Bowden would hold a grudge.

Well, I done enough
for this town.
I ain't doin' no more.

He's a k*ller.
I ain't settin'
myself up for him.

Now he's there.
You've gotta get him out.
Somebody, some way.

Fred, I think I can
get him to come out.

No, Jarrod. He's trapped,
and he could be dangerous.

Besides, it's
not your job.

It was my job to keep him
from bein' where he is.

-Pa, you said--
-Not now!

I'm goin' in, Fred.

Jeff, this is
Jarrod Barkley.

We know you're in there.

I wanna talk to you.

Get up. Get up, I said!

Now don't do
anything foolish, Jeff.

I only wanna help.

I'm not armed, Jeff.

I'm comin' in.

Well, now, you
hold it right there.

Shut that door.

You can put
your g*n up, Jeff.

What do you want?

To help you,
if I can.

You tried that
once, lawyer.

Don't be a fool, Jeff.

You're throwin' away
the only chance you have.

Can't you see that you're
throwing away your life
for Becker's?

Becker?

Now get this straight.

If you k*ll Becker,

a dozen lawyers
won't be able to help you.

You'll hang.

Well, now, you
got it all wrong.

That's not it at all.

You're the one
that's mixed up.

You know why
I come back here?

I come back here
to see my kid.

That's right,
to see my kid.

I been waitin' 12 years.

Since the day
we was married, 12 years,

my wife's been hopin'
and prayin' for a young'un

to hold in her arms,

so we wouldn't be
alone in this world.

So it would matter
to somebody what happened to us.

Miss Haley, she said
the baby'd be born
any minute.

I begged that sheriff
to let me wait

so I could see my kid.

Maybe touch him.

But he said no.

It was out of his hands.

Couldn't wait.
The law was the law.

What kind of a law is it
that puts a man in jail

that ain't done nothin',

then won't let him
see his own kid?

I'm sorry, Jeff.

I wish you'd spoken
to me about it.

Nothing you could do.

Well, there may be
something I can do now.

What?

If I help you get over
to your place

so you
can see your child,

will you give me your word
you'll surrender afterwards?

How you gonna do that?
There's law out front
and back.

Your word, Jeff.

All right.
You got it.

All right, now, you gotta
do exactly as I say.

Audra, you get over here.

The back way
is our only chance.

Awful quiet.

Think we should
go in and see?

Not yet.
Give Jarrod a chance.

Marty, Alec.

Come on in.
It's all over.

Both of you,
put your hands up.

Where's Jarrod?

He's in the school.
He's been in there
quite a while. Nick!

Victoria, please.
Stay here. Don't go.

OLLIE: They're in the closet.

Who's in the closet?

The sheriff's men.

Where's Jarrod?

Bowden put a g*n
in our backs.

And your brother
helped him.

Will somebody tell me
what's goin' on
around here?

-Where'd they go?
-They went to
Bowden's house.

Nick, he just wanted
to see the baby.

Jeff, come on.

Oh, Mr. Bowden.

Just in time.

She kept askin' for you
through the whole thing.

And once they get started,
ain't nothin' can stop 'em.

You got a boy.

-A boy?
-A boy.

-My wife?
-Oh, she's fine.

Little weak, of course.
You can go in.

I knew you'd be here.

I always promised you.

[baby cooing]

That him?

Small.

Never figured he'd be
so small.

They don't come full size.

He's strong.

Just feel
how he holds on.

He's gonna have
strong hands
just like his pa.

That's right, boy.
You hang on.

Don't you never let go.

Don't you never
let go of me,

and I ain't never
gonna let go of you.

Hard to believe them fingers
gonna be big enough someday

to hold onto
an ax or a g*n.

His pa's gonna
show him how.

I'm sure of that.

Jeff.

I'm sorry, Jeff.
It's time.

You've gotta take me back?

You know I do.

Why? You know
I'm innocent.

Not under the law.

Look, why don't you
tell them I held a g*n on you,

knocked you out,
got away.

My wife'll back you up.

Now, you kept sayin'
about justice.

Now, wouldn't that be justice,
helpin' a man that's innocent?

Not lettin' him pay
for somethin' he never done.

I can't.

Look, what you
want me to do?

Rot up in that jail, not ever
see my wife or my kid no more?

I want you to
give yourself a chance.

Give me a chance.

Wouldn't do no good
no more than before.

Look, I know you tried,

and I'm thankful to you
for it.

But you said they
wouldn't hold me guilty.

They didn't have
no case.

Well, mister,
they didn't want no case.

They just wanted to pay
somebody off for that priest.

Now I've had
my fill of the law,
Mr. Barkley.

I ain't gonna
take no more.

I'm pullin' out.

And I'm goin'
with your helpin' me,

or without.

Now what's it gonna be?

Without.

All right, then.

Just don't you
stand in my way.

Jeff!

Oh, no, Jeff!

[baby crying]

[g*nf*re]

Wait! Hold it.
Hold your fire!
Don't sh**t!

Let me talk to him.

Jeff, you're wrong.

You've got to listen to me.

You've got a lot
to live for now. A lot!

Jeff, you've got a son.

Now, you can't just
think of yourself now.

You've got a wife
and a family, Jeff, a boy.

They need you.

Now come on, Jeff.
Give me the g*n.

You won't be any good
to them dead.

Come on. I can explain
it to the sheriff.

Your friend the sheriff,

you had him waitin' for me.

Jeff, that's not true.
You've got to believe me.

No more.

He's dead.

You did the best
you could, Jarrod.

We'd best be goin' on home.
It's all over now.

It's not over, Nick.

Not yet.

[door opens]

He's dead.

Yes, he's dead.

Mrs. Bowden, I thought
I knew your husband.

Knew him better
than any court of law
could ever know him.

But I was wrong, wasn't I?

No.

A moment ago,
he meant to g*n me down.

He was trying to get away.

The same way he was trying
to get away from Father Paul.

The truth only matters
to me now, Mrs. Bowden.

He was like to goin'
out of his mind.

Baby comin', and us
strapped for money.

And Jeff wantin'
so much for him.

Hearin' about
that money in the church,

and swearin'
he was gonna get it.

He wouldn't listen to me
no more than you.

Said the church
didn't need the money.

Grabbed the g*n,
and run out.

He wasn't bad.

Just desperate, was all.

That's the way it is,
I guess.

It don't matter if you're
good on the inside.

You do somethin' bad,

you gotta pay.

That's the law.

And the law is right.

[baby cooing]

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