We got a serious matter on our hands here, three murders and a missing girl.
Right, yeah, so I hear. Terrible thing, that, just, uh, just terrible.
I'm interested in your whereabouts that evening...
...anything you might've seen or heard, that type of thing.
So I know you mentioned to the officers that you were at the bar with your wife.
- Was anyone else there? - My buddy, Bo.
From what I understand, he used to run with the Candy Bandits Gang.
I mean, are you comfortable with bringin' a guy like that into this town?
We've all made mistakes, Deputy. As far as I can tell, he regrets his past.
A lot of us do.
Okay.
Here we go!
- Mom? - Hmm.
Why did we move here?
You haven't figured that out yet.
Do you want to go back to the trailer?
No.
It's just this town.
Well, you're almost 18.
You'll be old enough to leave then.
You're gonna kick me out?
- You know what I've been through. - I'm the only one that does know!
You should trust me to do the right thing.
For all of us!
Boys, stop it!
Get inside.
- Marilyn! - Got room for one more, neighbor?
Justin, did you bring your magic kit today?
Ah, well, Ricky and Greg are here.
I bet they'd love to see your latest tricks.
Come on in!
How, uh, how do you manage all those kids?
Years of practice, huh.
Johnny and the girls, they usually fend for themselves.
It's those two I have to keep an eye on.
Hey, um, and I don't mean to, uh, but...
...overstep boundaries here, but all the time you've been here...
...you've never mentioned their dad.
We separated a while ago.
Oh, sorry to hear that.
Things just weren't working out.
Hmm.
You can't help someone that's drowning.
They're just gonna pull you down with them.
Eventually I asked myself, do I sink or swim?
You all right?
I'm fine.
Is my wife here?
She's inside.
Good.
You come here now.
I feel kinda bad about what happened.
You feel bad about it?
Well, yeah, that's my wife.
Now, that might not be the perfect marriage...
...but I'm tryin' to make that work.
- You got that? - Okay.
Oh, I wish my baggage gave me so much...
...uh, I don't know, clarity.
Well, maybe don't think of it as baggage.
Call it "life experiences."
Yeah, well, if life keeps going the way it's going...
...I'm gonna have to swim away myself.
You tell your mom?
No.
Good.
Don't.
I just wanna make sure you're all right.
I am.
I guess when we say yes to someone, we say yes to all their problems.
Don't I know it.
He's always had a bit of devil in him, you know?
Mmm, I'm sure that's what attracted me to begin with, but...
...now since Bo's been staying with us, hmm-mm.
Now, I'll go see my wife.
You just, uh, you carry on with the porch now.
Good girl.
- Well, speak of the devil. - Good afternoon, ladies.
Sorry, I... I didn't to mean to interrupt your little chat, now.
Got my buddy Bo here, Sue.
He's got a real nice surprise for you.
- Sue. - What are you doing here?
- I told you I'd be home later. - Oh, come on...
...I just wanna spend all the time I can with my beautiful wife, now.
Yeah, of course.
We're all gonna go to the bar for a drink. Sue, uh...
...would you like to join us?
Oh, I'm sorry, Bo, I gotta look after the kids.
- Let's go. - Oh, come on now!
Come on, let's go! You, go!
- Uh, I'll just leave these here. - Thanks, Bo.
Move.
Sue, um, thank you.
I'll see you in the morning, yeah?
Hey, what were you two talking about back there?
Chit-chat, nothing major.
Bullshit. I heard my name being mentioned.
Yeah, you're my husband. I can't talk about you?
No, you cannot. You don't mention my name to that woman, you understand?
You've got no right to tell me what to do.
Yeah.
You all right?
Uh-huh.
Come on.
I thought we'd have a full house tonight. Apparently not.
Looks pretty full to me.
Where's Johnny? I told him not to go out tonight.
Um...
He's staying at his buddy's place tonight.
- Dana? - Yeah.
He has some stuff going on and Johnny said he was gonna help out.
What stuff?
Um...
...I don't know.
Hmm.
Mom?
Whose is that?
It's mine.
What's the problem?
Are you going away again?
Just for tonight.
I'm gonna stay with the Coopers.
They're good people, churchgoers.
All right, that's fine.
Well, it's dark, at least take the car.
Thanks, Mom.
Looks like it's just you and me, kiddo.
Can we make some popcorn?
Sure.
You know, I get so caught up with everyone else, we don't always talk...
...just us.
How are you?
I'm fine, Mom.
You know, when I was younger...
...I had dreams. Oh, lots of them.
I dreamt...
...that you'd have a better life than I had.
All of you, that...
...that I'd be a better mom.
That I wouldn't make the same mistakes my mother made.
Two out of three ain't bad.
I guess...
...some dreams don't always come true.
Sheila doesn't understand why we moved here.
- Why did we? - Oh, because sometimes...
...other people back you into a corner.
Oh, you put up with it for a while, but eventually I said...
"...You know what?
"It's time to do things on my own terms."
Oh, I wonder who that is.
Hello?
Johnny, we're gonna have words tomorrow, mister.
Why don't you check the children?
Who is this?
- Are you okay, Mom? - Just a wrong number.
I, um, I'm gonna head to bed.
Stay up if you like.
- Would you put the trash out? - Sure.
You used to really be scared here.
- Johnny! - You're still afraid!
Stop it now, I mean it!
They're coming to get you, Barbara!
Stop it. You're ignorant.
They're coming for you, Barbara!
Stop it! You're acting like a child!
They're coming for you!
Look, there comes one of them now!
He'll hear you!
- I'm getting out of here! - Johnny!
Who is it?
Look, I'm... I'm sorry to bother you, I...
...I lost my wheels just down the road.
Okay, so what do you want?
Well... well, I need some help.
There's a mechanic in town.
They probably have some kind of all-night service.
Well, sorry to say, I can't afford that...
...besides, now... now that wouldn't make a difference.
How come?
- Because I don't have a car. - You said you lost your wheels.
Well, that was as far as my last ride took me.
You're a hitchhiker?
Guilty as charged.
Have you ever hitched?
No.
My dad always told me it was dangerous.
Now, your daddy sounds like a smart man.
Is your daddy home right now?
Why?
I was looking for a ride into town...
...but I can see there's no car out here.
That doesn't mean we don't have one.
But... but you don't have a garage...
...and there's no vehicle around back either.
How long have you been outside the house?
What do you want?
I was thinking...
...perhaps your kind daddy could, well...
...put me up for the night.
I don't...
...I don't think we can do that.
Okay, fair enough.
Uh, can you just let me in for a minute to make one phone call?
Who do you wanna call?
A friend of mine, he's in the next town.
Perhaps he can pick me up now.
I can't let you in.
Okay, okay, listen now.
How about I give you his number and you can call him for me?
I'm sorry, I can't help you.
Come on, now, it'll only take a minute.
Now, now listen, his name's Dee.
Just tell him where we are and that... that I need a lift.
Fine.
- What's the number? - You got a pen?
Uh...
...hang on a sec.
Hello?
- Yeah? - Got it.
Good.
The number's 555...
...02...
...65...
...01...
- You got that? - Yeah.
Now, now you just call Dee...
...and tell him I'll meet him at the Backdoor Bar in town.
All right.
What's your name?
Did you hear me?
Yeah, I hear you real good.
So what's your name?
Well, my name's Marco.
All right.
I called your friend.
He says he'll meet you at the bar in town.
Okay, good, thank you.
Listen, it's quite a walk to town from here.
The landlord's place is about a ten minute walk away.
Maybe he'll give you a ride to the bar.
Okay, well, we'll try that.
Wait a second.
We?
I... I meant me.
Uh, okay.
Good night.
Yeah.
Good night.
What's all that racket about?
There was some really creepy guy at the door.
- Well, what guy? - Some hitchhiker.
I didn't let him in, I just talked to him through the door.
He kept asking if he could use the phone.
I know it doesn't sound that bad, but it was really, really creepy, I swear.
I think he'd been hanging around outside the house.
- Wait here. - Where are you going?
Whoever's out there, you better get the hell off my property!
Mmm, just as I thought!
There's no one there now.
There was someone here, I swear.
- You believe me, don't you? - Oh, sure I do.
It was really creepy.
I don't think I can go to bed yet.
Well, how about I make us some hot chocolate?
That would be nice.
That guy could've gone to one of the other cabins.
I wonder why he came here.
Who knows?
People are strange around this town.
They all have agendas.
Lots of secrets in Keddie!
Kind of like this family.
What do you mean?
When were you gonna tell me about Sheila and the baby?
Is this the right time for this kind of conversation?
I deserve to know.
I'm not a little kid anymore.
You're right, okay, um...
...Sheila did fall pregnant...
...and that's why she moved away for a while.
- I asked her not to tell you about it. - Why?
Well, I didn't wanna encourage you down the same path, down my path!
- Gee, thanks! - No, that's not what I meant.
I don't regret having you kids.
But...
...I just... I don't want you to grow up too fast.
Look, we'll talk more about this tomorrow.
I'm going to bed.
You coming up?
Yeah, after I finish this.
You feeling better now, honey?
Still a bit creeped out, but I'll be fine.
Who is it?
You never called him, did you?
What?
You never called my friend.
What are you doing back here?
Shouldn't you be waiting at the bar?
Answer the question!
- You didn't call him, did you? - I did!
- You're lying! - I'm not!
Do you know how I know you're lying?
How?
Because I cut your phone line an hour ago.
Mom!
- What is it, what's wrong? - Mom, that guy came back!
- Oh, right, I... - No, Mom, don't, he said he cut the phone!
- What? - He was telling the truth!
What the hell is that?
It came from the window, someone's out there!
Look, it's probably just some drunken hobo playing a sick joke!
Oh, my God!
Don't worry, stay calm!
Mom, Mom, we're not alone.
Mom, Mom!
Mom! Mom!
Come on!
Who's there?
It's okay, boys, Mommy's here.
I'm gonna get help. Stay beneath that bed!
Do not come out under any circumstances, okay?
- Take this. - What for?
I'm going to the landlord's cottage to call the police...
- Mom, don't leave us! - I'll be back straightaway.
- Mom, I don't think I can... - Tina, you are strong!
All right. Just keep the boys calm.
- I'll be back before you know it. - All right.
Mom! Mom! Mom!
Mom! Run!
Run, run!
Hey!
Come on, you piece of shit!
Come on!
Tina! Barricade the door!
- Tina, it's me, open the door! - Mom?
- Yeah, it's me, come on! - I'm trying!
- Come on! - I'm trying!
- Tina, it's me, open the door! - Mom!
- Yeah, come on, open the door! - I'm trying!
Come on, man.
- You good? - I'm great.
God, then I'm not! Yeah.
- Hey, will you come on? - I'm coming, my cigarette won't light.
Shh!
It's 'cause you got it on the wrong way, fool.
Oh, yeah.
- Hey, you think we're safe from your mom? - Well, yeah, all the lights are out.
Come on.
If she tells... if she tells my parents that we got drunk, I'm dead meat.
Hey, will you relax? Look, we hit my room, we're home free.
Okay.
Hey, Dana, hey, you still with me?
Yep, I'm 100%, dude.
Hey, yeah, those extra beers weren't the smartest idea.
Hey, who needs logic when you got fake IDs?
Shut up!
Next one.
Yes. Now you gotta be quiet, okay, man?
- Yeah, jeez! Okay. - Shh, right, come on.
Ah, God!
- You all right there, buddy? - Yeah, I'm good.
- You're doing this really... - Shh, quiet!
Sorry.
- Okay, come on. - Okay, just...
- You in? - Yeah.
Good.
Whoa!
And how'd you swing a joint like this all to yourself?
I thought you'd have to share a room with your brothers or something.
Whoa, whoa. Well, you know, I went with the emotional blackmail angle on my mom.
Had to be done.
- Growing boy needs room to grow. - Yeah, room to whack off, more like.
- Shh! - Look at this, ow!
Hey, you, uh, you want a drink?
- Yeah, you bet, why not? - Here.
Thanks, man.
Hey, you're, like, set for life down here, man!
Yeah, almost, just need a TV set.
Yeah. All I want is a car, you know?
- Any car. - Yeah.
No more hitchin', go to the drive-in.
Pick up a couple of girls, maybe.
- You, pickin' up girls, really? - Uh, yeah.
Well, how old are they, 80?
Hey, man, I'm not picky at my age, you know?
Say, uh, you got a bathroom?
It's about to get Niagara Falls in these drawers, you know?
Yeah, upstairs, but you'd better piss outside.
- Why? - I don't want you waking my mom, okay?
'Cause you're both gonna get us in trouble! Come on!
- Okay, nature it is, then. - And keep quiet, okay?
- Remember, low profile. - Yeah, man, you the boss.
- Shh, go on! - Okay, hold my drink.
- God! - Let's see, can you give me a boost?
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Here we are.
We gotta find a better way to get in and out of your house, okay?
Right, go... go down there.
Okay.
- Shh! - Sorry.
- No, don't open it... - No, no, I won't.
Are they still out there?
No, I don't think so.
Then where are they?
Ahh.
Dana?
Dana!
Come on, man.
Oh, you have got to be kidding me!
You...
- Is that a radio? - I think so.
They're coming, get me the bat!
I want you to stand there.
I'm gonna count to three and then I want you to open the door.
- No, Mom. - Just do as I say, okay?
You ready?
One.
Two.
Three!
Oh, my God, Johnny. Johnny, I'm sorry, sweetheart!
Johnny!
- Johnny! - Oh, sweetheart!
Sweetheart, sweetheart?
I'm so sorry.
Johnny, are... are you okay, honey?
Are you okay, Johnny?
Oh, honey, I'm so sorry!
Johnny, Johnny, I'm so sorry.
Tina, Tina, help me get him up, come on!
Mom! Mom! Mom!
Johnny!
- Get up, Johnny! - Go on!
Pick it up.
Go for it.
- Johnny! - Tell you what...
...I'm gonna give you a fightin' chance.
Now, we're even.
Pick it up!
Give it a try. Come on, hit me, right there, hmm?
Knock me out!
Guess you just don't have it in ya, do ya?
Give me the bat.
Johnny!
No, Johnny!
My God!
Help me!
Help, help!
Help me, please, please call the police!
They're in our house!
Please, help me!
Why won't you help me?
Come on, you piece of shit!
Drive, drive!
You have to drive me to the Sheriff's office, please! You have to help me.
They're in our house! They're in our house, they're going after my family!
- Please, sir, you have to help me! - Okay, okay, calm down, now.
We'll get you to the Sheriff's office.
- Thank you, thank you! - Okay, just calm down. Don't worry.
As soon as we get you to the Sheriff's office...
...I'm sure they'll drive you back to your family at Cabin 28.
Make sure everything's all right.
How do you know where I live?
Say what?
I never told you my address. How do you know where I live?
No, no, no.
No, I wanna get out!
Ricky...
Greg, Justin, oh...
What have you done to them?
Mom.
We're gonna get through this.
We're gonna get through this, sweetheart, we are.
Together, hmm?
We're gonna get...
No.
No, no, no!
Johnny!
No, no, no!
Mom, Mom!
No, no, no!
No.
No!
No, no, no, no!
No, no, no!
Please don't, please don't!
No, no, no!
No, no, no, please don't, please don't!
No, no, no, no! Don't!
No, I'm pregnant!
I'm... I'm sorry, Mom.
I've... I've let you down!
Tina, you would never let me down.
Never let me down.
Go on, just do it!
Taking things back to that Saturday night...
...what time did you go down to the bar?
Uh, well, let's see now.
Uh, we left the house in the, uh...
...in the afternoon, my wife and I.
Uh, John was, uh, he kept, uh...
...we were in the bar until around 1:00 in the morning...
...but like I said, it wasn't real crowded, but it was, you know, fairly busy...
...but I didn't really notice anything, uh, unusual.
Except for one individual.
Well, he came in around, uh, 10:30, 11:00.
I never seen him before.
Can you give me a description of this guy?
Yeah, uh, he was, uh, in a T-shirt and jeans.
Uh, he was wearin' a buck knife, uh, long hair.
5'7", 5'8", uh, extremely long hair...
...uh, tied back in a... in a ponytail...
...and that individual, he certainly didn't look like he belonged, you know?
- He was a white man? - Uh-huh.
And about how old?
Uh, I'd say, uh, early 20s, 24, 25.
And he had a buck knife?
Well, he carried that all out in the open, so I...
...I figured he was... he was ready for trouble, you know?
Okay, so what time did you, uh, go home from the bar?
Uh, we left the bar around, uh, 2:00.
- You go straight to bed? - Yeah, yeah, I went to bed...
...uh, woke up around 3:00, you know, stoke the fire.
Nothin' unusual woke you up, you...
I usually stoke the fire around 3:00, Deputy.
Was your wife still in bed when you got back?
Yep, she was a dead head.
Sleepin', slept right through.
Um, our problem now is, uh, sorting fact from fiction with the kids.
You know your stepson Justin was there, right?
Of course, I do, Deputy.
Obviously, we're trying to determine what, if anything, he might have seen.
Um, has he tried to describe or recreate anything?
Yeah. Yes, he did.
He tried to recreate it at my place yesterday, uh, the wife watching...
...I watched him go right through it.
So, he, uh, you know, he's tellin' Casey to, uh...
...uh, hold his arm, like he's got a knife...
...trying to stab it, but... but from what I understand...
...um, those folks were killed with a hammer, so I...
...I get to thinking he was just play-acting, you know?
Was he in a position the following morning where...
...if the deputies had left the door open for a moment...
...he might've looked in there and seen the female victim?
Uh-uh, no way.
Security was real tight that morning,
...so, you know, I get to thinking whether or not he saw anything at all.
Do you think there's a possibility that he could have?
Well, I know that he does sleep light...
...and he does have trouble sleeping sometimes...
...but, hell, look at this now. Just put yourself in their position.
You're lying there next to your buddy and you're giggling and this and that...
...well, hell, sure, of course he could've been awake that night...
...and, uh, he could've noticed something without me detecting him.
Mmm-hmm.
Um...
Uh, the fact...
...the fact that, uh, those kids were in there...
...and, um...
...the person that did this... person or persons...
...I was just wondering, why didn't they bother with those kids?
Now that's overkill, right there, you know?
You know, Deputy, you know if I was, uh...
...if I was gonna kill somebody...
...I'd go in there blam, blam, blam, just get the job done, get going.
There's no sense in going any further than that, right?
You get in, get going, get the job done...
...well, it just, uh, people go that far...
...it does make you think, uh...
...why didn't they hurt those other kids?
That's, uh, something we've been trying to find out.
And then we got the other factors involved as well...
...uh, got the missing girl...
...Tina...
- ...why would somebody wanna snatch her? - Now I've been thinking about that, too.
Now, I know that girl is the father's favorite kid. I've never met the father...
...it's just what I've heard from a few conversations now...
...but apparently, he lives in Connecticut, so they say.
Now, just hear me out, Deputy.
Maybe, just maybe, the father was there that night.
Maybe those boys tried to stop him...
...so he had to take them out, too.
Hell, we even thought that maybe Dana did it.
Do you know, that boy is mentally disturbed...
...and both those boys are, uh... they've been experimenting with drugs.
That's a very well-known fact around Keddie, get that down.
What kind of drugs, um, weed or...
Well, I don't know, weed, pills, maybe more, I don't know.
Okay, so if you think they were into heavy drugs,
...do you reckon it could've been a drug-related hit?
Shit, now that's the thing right there!
But dealers dishing out street justice typically just use a gun.
I mean, a hammer was a big weapon in this case.
You know, uh... my hammer's missing.
Is it now?
Yeah, I usually keep it out front the cabin, but, uh...
...I haven't found that.
This is another thing I've been thinking about, Deputy.
Now, why don't you think about this?
This guy...
...now maybe he could've walked past my cabin, yeah...
...now if he done that, well, hell, he could've taken my hammer...
...but why in the hell not my hatchet?
I would've thought that was a much better way to kill somebody.
Gets you thinking.
How?
How can it be done...
...getting in and out...
...without anybody noticing, hmm?
Strangest damn thing I ever heard of.
Sure is.
Um...
...is there anything else you can tell me to help with the investigation?
No.
No, I can't think of anything at all, Deputy, but... but if I do...
...I'll... I'll be sure to let you boys know.
After all, I am a veteran.
Well, you knew that, right?
Bo too, uh...
...hell, that's how we met.
I know. Oh, um, one more thing.
How well did you know Sue?
More my old lady's friend than mine, but, uh, from what I understand...
...she didn't have a real good handle on that family, if you know what I mean.
No, I don't, you're gonna have to explain it to me.
Yeah, don't worry about that now, Deputy. It's all over, hell...
...she was a nobody.
What's so funny?
Well, you know, I'm...
...I'm kind of a nobody myself, Deputy.
Nobody ever took me seriously or give me a sideways glance before.
Hell...
...look at this now.
All important and informative...
...maybe now I'm kind of somebody, right?
- I heard you talked with Marty today. - Sure did.
- Got it all on here. - Better give me that.
Safekeeping.
Uh, okay?
I didn't get a great feeling about that guy.
I think we should pursue it, at least talk to him some more.
Let's not be too hasty. We got a few other lines of inquiry to exhaust...
...before we point the dirty end of the stick at a buddy of mine.
Well, we gotta bring in his friend, Bo.
We'll bring him in, sure...
...but we gotta be careful here.
We're gonna do everything by the book, but there's a point where...
...you turn every stone upside-down, well...
...you can make a hell of a mess in this town.
- What are you saying? - Once you start pulling on that thread...
...a whole lotta things that hold this town together unravel.
We could end up with a lot of guilty people, you understand?
Well, what about Marilyn's kid, Justin?
- What about him? - Well, he says he saw the murderers.
He's just a kid, there ain't much weight to what he has to say.
I heard the Department of Justice is comin' to town.
That's right.
Well, we, uh, we all good there, or...
We've got some understanding friends in the Department.
They won't be pulling on any threads.
Anyway...
...let's grab some lunch.
You coming?
Yeah.
So Marilyn had already left the bar earlier?
- Yeah. - So it's just you and Marty...
- ...left at the bar? - Mmm-hmm.
Did you walk home?
That's right.
You have to walk past Cabin 28 to get to 26 down the road there.
Did you see any activity around Cabin 28 at that time?
Nothing unusual.
No lights, cars, traffic, anything?
Nope.
Okay.
See, that's what I find surprising.
You see, I'm a very light sleeper.
If there'd been, uh, screaming and stuff...
- ...I'm sure I would've heard it. - You didn't hear anything that night?
Nothing at all.
When you got back to the house...
...was Marilyn still up, or in bed, or what?
No, she was up.
Okay, then, I guess that's it.
Wanna thank you for coming in, Bo.
No problem, Sheriff, always happy to help.