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