Saving Grace s01e03 Episode Script
Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned
Hey! You're the one wanted breakfast.
It's getting cold.
Shit.
Gus, come here.
Come over.
I haven't cooked for a man in 20 years.
If you don't get out here, you're not ever, ever - comin' back.
- [ Crash .]
Sorry, Aunt Grace.
Pancakes? I'm starving.
You got about three minutes to eat 'em.
- Syrup? - Sure.
Your dad called.
He said he's coming home Sunday instead of Monday.
- Milk? - Yeah.
You might not want to tell him we stayed up till midnight - playing blackjack on a school night.
- [ Laughs .]
Maybe not.
Aunt Grace, do you know a lot about kissing? Depends what you mean by a lot.
Violet in my class- she's having this party Saturday.
Somebody said there might be kissing games.
Lots of different kinds of kisses, right? If you decide you want to play one of the games you should go with a short and sweet kiss.
Make like you're gonna whistle.
Short and sweet.
- [ Door Opens .]
- [ Dog Barking .]
Oh.
Hey, UncleJohnny.
I'm practicing how to kiss.
Well, that's just wrong, Clay.
Boys practice using their arms.
Girls practice using a pillow.
- You ready to roll? - Yes, sir.
Okay.
Party at Violet's.
Word on the street is there might be kissing games.
Hey.
Where's your jacket? - How you doing? - Good.
Did you ever read that Bible I gave you? - Where is it? - My bedroom.
So-What was that? A test? You didn't even know where it was.
That's the kind of respect you have for God's word.
- I'm sorry, okay? - I don't want to hear about it, Grace.
Fine.
Fine.
Hey.
You, uh- You still seeing that angel? A couple of times.
Yeah.
Is he gonna bring you to mass? [ Grace.]
He said I didn't have to go to mass.
Said I could go to temple if I wanted.
Or a mosque even.
Funny how your angel likes yanking my chain just as much as you do.
- I knew there was something about him I liked.
- [ Chuckles .]
- Can I stay with you Friday night, Aunt Grace? - You're at Uncle Leo's Friday.
You getting tired of being a hot potato? No.
I like moving around.
- Makes me feel like a spy.
- [ Laughs .]
Oh.
Clay Norman, special agent man.
Go spy on the nuns.
- See you later, Aunt Grace.
- Bye.
- Thanks for taking him to school.
- I'm gonna pray for you, Grace.
Just like I always have.
- [ Door Closes .]
- Shithead.
We got some work to do, Gus.
[ Whines .]
[ Laughs .]
[ Acoustic Guitar.]
[ Man .]
So pretty and, oh, so bold Got a heart full of gold on a lonely road - She said, ''I don't even think that God can save me'' - Save me Am I gaining ground Am I losing face Have I lost and found my saving grace Thankful for the gift my angels gave me [ Rock .]
[ Tires Squeal .]
[ Stops .]
[ Airplane Roaring Overhead .]
- Morning, Grace.
- Henry, how the hell are you? I'm doing great.
Joined a new gym.
Been three times this week.
Ah, that's great.
Molly still hanging in there? Actually, she's doing pretty good.
I read about a cat that lived 2 4 years.
So who knows? I haven't seen you since Yukon's service.
- How you guys holding up? - Some better than others.
Maid found the manager in the room.
Paramedics called him when they got here.
- Stab wound in the neck.
- How much longer, Rhetta? A while.
I've grown so weary of discovering new places for semen stains.
Uniform said there's a lot of trade work in this place.
Hell, yes.
Look how romantic it is.
- We canvass these side streets? - Uh-huh.
Get the tag numbers of these cars around here? - Yep.
- We talk to the maid? Not yet.
E.
M.
S.
said she was too scared to talk.
What's this? [ Butch .]
Must be Captain Perry.
- You knew her in Vice, didn't you? - Yeah.
[ Butch .]
Paint's not even dry in Yukon's office.
Not Yukon's office anymore.
They're about to process the scene now.
I know this unit has suffered a tremendous loss.
I want to let you know that while I understand what's happened to you I am dependent on you to be professional during this transition.
No problem.
- Thanks, Captain.
- Coming from Vice, what do you know about this place? Not really busy enough to be on our radar.
Thank you, Detectives.
I'll let you get back to work.
U.
T.
? Yes, ma'am.
Some people will use anything to hold up their pants.
- [ Camera Shutter Clicks .]
- What's his name? Bordon Fritch.
No record.
No family, according to the owner.
[ Grace.]
Awful lot ofblood, Henry.
Got the carotid.
Bled out in under three minutes.
What's that shiny stuff on his forehead? - Rhetta? - I've got a swab of it.
- Smells like olive oil.
- Got the murder weapon over here.
Glass on the floor by the fridge.
Killer breaks a coffeepot against the TV, grinds it into Mr.
Fritch's neck.
Room's not tossed.
No sign of a struggle.
- Bed's not even messed up.
- [ Wristwatch Beeping .]
- Nice of you to show up.
- I'm here now.
What'd I miss? -Just the new boss inspecting the troops.
- We covered for you.
Told her your 1 2-step meetings sometimes run a little long.
Okay if I take these keys? Whoever killed Fritch didn't bother to lift his keys and grab this.
And no credit card receipts.
Place like this is cash and dash.
Like cockroaches.
They emptied out fast when E.
M.
S.
showed up.
- Ah.
Sh- Goddamn it.
- [ Cell Phone Ringing .]
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know.
Look.
I'll be home by 1 1 :00.
All right.
Darlene almost called - Domestic beef? - You could say that.
Hey, Sean.
When Rhetta finishes upstairs - could you ask her to come down and photograph this room too? - Sure.
- Thanks.
- I'm gonna be home by 1 1 :00.
It's something we agreed on out of mutual respect.
Mm-hmm.
You sure you want to see whatever's on there? You're never too old to learn.
Simon, Randy, Paula, my name's Bordon Fritch and I'm here to show you a good time.
Hello, my baby, Hello, my honey Hello, my ragtime gal Send me a kiss by wire Baby, my heart's on fire If you refuse me, honey,you'll lose me Then you will be alone Oh, baby, telephone and tell me I'm your own Hey.
Everybody's got a dream.
[ Butch .]
Hey.
This is Esther Prueza.
She's the one who found Mr.
Fritch, called 91 1 .
- How you doing, Esther? - Good.
- I think.
- I know you've talked to the police but it would help if you could tell us what happened.
I was cleaning.
I hadn't seen Mr.
Fritch.
The room was open.
I looked in.
First I saw the blood.
Then I saw Mr.
Fritch.
I went for Sarah.
We called the police.
- Then I called Father Tierney.
- That's you? I'm Esther's pastor at St.
Sebastian.
She called, and she was very upset.
All I got was that somebody needed extreme unction.
I got here before the paramedics.
- We're only three blocks away.
- Did you touch the body? He was dead.
But I anointed him, yes.
You shouldn't have done that.
Esther, did you see anybody coming into that room before you went into it? I mean, near it, going in, on the landing? Uh, a woman.
Uh, a tall woman walking away.
Maybe she was in the room.
I don't know.
What did she look like? I saw her back.
They come and go here.
The women.
The men.
I just do my job, don't ask questions.
Me too.
You've got blood on your shoes, Father.
What is it with priests on my ass today? - You should've thrown him out before you questioned her.
- I didn't see any harm.
He messed with our crime scene, our victim and our witness.
Hanadarko, my office, now.
How'd you manage to piss her off so fast? Shut the door, please.
Girl, bring it over here right now.
Oh! Seeing you outside of that sleazy hooker motel- it made me nostalgic, teary-eyed.
What about you? Doing the flight deck walk across a parking lot.
Always inspires, especially in these heels.
So glad I get to order your ass around.
You get to try.
Oh.
Oh.
Only I just wish I'd gotten this job some other way.
I know.
Hey.
What's going on down at that motel? Dead company manager.
Maybe working girl.
- Maybe pimp? - Pimp wouldn't need to improvise a weapon.
Who should I talk to about the airport strip? Pippa.
Remember Pippa? She used to work that airport shuttle.
Now she's out on the I-40 near the turnpike.
[ Chuckles .]
Our old stomping grounds.
Okay.
Who are the assholes? Who do I need to watch out for? And who are you screwing? Oh, please don't tell me it's that cowboy with the Longhorn buckle.
- I try not to hold that against him.
He's a local boy.
- He went to U.
T.
- Played quarterback for 'em.
- Gracie, what has happened to you? You used to have standards.
Not much taste, but standards.
Oh, I try not to hold it against him.
You know, we're over and done with.
But I'll tell you, he was just fine once you got that belt off him.
Ooh.
Night manager was okay.
Thank you.
The day guy was a pig.
He was always hassling us, trying to take it out in trade.
That's why I came back out here.
You know what you're getting with the truckers.
Solid family men.
Cute too.
- Did you ever get married? - No.
You ever go back to school? No.
What about that oilman you were dating? He wanted to get married.
You ever cross with Fritch? - Everybody did.
- Anybody want to kill him? Maybe, depending on their mood.
Why don't I think about it and give you a call? [ Truck Horn Honking .]
Something I can help you with, stranger? Yes, ma'am.
I'm new in town and I was just wondering where a man could break a couple crisp new $1 00 bills.
I made a promise.
I gotta go.
Oh, next time I am so keeping the money.
Hey.
Don't forget to honk your horn.
And, um, turn your radio up really loud so the neighbors will know you had a good time.
I'll see you in the morning, huh? Oh! [ Exhales Deeply .]
[ Rings .]
If you refuse me, honey,you'll lose me Then you'll be left alone Oh, baby, telephone Tell me I'm your own [ Chuckles .]
Hello, Grace.
-What do you think you're doing? -I'm stoking the fires of religious passion.
Want to help? I'm not burning a Bible, Earl.
Well, if it was your brother's Bible, would you burn it? Yeah.
Figures you're on his side.
Tell you the truth,your brother's wound a little too tight for me.
Kind of like a five-dollar watch.
Johnny thinks the only way to God is through the Catholic Church.
What do you think? I think maybe I shouldn't let this get to me.
Maybe you're not an angel.
Maybe you're just a nice, big aneurysm in my brain getting ready to pop like a tick.
No big, understand? You do not scare me.
Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, child.
So don't talk to me like I'm one of your punk suspects.
I won't take that.
Get this crap out of my house.
- Wait for me.
- [ Cow Moos .]
You see it? Well, Rhetta,just because a cow has markings that resemble the face ofJesus doesn't mean my sister's had a spiritual encounter.
Seems to me you'd be happy she'd be talking about God at all.
It's a joke.
She hates the Church.
- Don't ask me why.
- Maybe you should ask her.
And hear about an angel named Earl who tells her to convert to Islam.
- Does she really expect me to believe that? - You should believe her,Johnny.
- Why? - I do.
I keep waiting for a camera crew to jump out like I've been punk'd.
You watch Punk'd? Why is Clay teaching my son to kiss his arm? He's getting ready for the possibility of his first kissing game.
[ Rhetta .]
Poor baby.
I seem to recall a certain kissing game you and I played in our unencumbered past.
Yeah.
That was a long time ago.
Seems like two other people.
No, it was us.
I'm pretty sure of that.
[ Cow Moos .]
Esther, see if you remember any of these women being at the motel.
I only saw the woman from the back.
Yeah, we understand that, but we want to know if you've ever seen any of these women around the motel.
Talking with men.
Talking to Mr.
Fritch.
Anything like that.
I don't want to get anyone in trouble.
But I'm sure you want to help us find who killed your boss, don't you? I- I think I should talk to Father Tierney about this.
Okay.
The other maid picked out four of those girls.
- But Esther never saw any of them.
- Yeah, right.
Hello, sir.
Would you mind stepping out of your car? - I didn't do anything.
-Just step out of the car.
I'm just sitting here eating.
You can't harass me.
Harassing? I'm not harassing you, sir.
If I was harassing you, I'd do this.
- Gun, gun, gun.
- [ Grunts .]
I wouldn't have to sit out there putting my life in danger if the police would do their job and enforce God's moral laws.
[ Ham .]
''John Alert.
Clifford Durkin, founder.
Sin has no hiding place.
'' If these men are going to lay with whores, their families and employers should know about it.
How about giving me a minute with Mr.
Durkin? [ Door Opens .]
[ Door Closes .]
I'm so sorry, Mr.
Durkin.
Are you okay? You had no right.
You think I enjoy going out there being in those places? I do not.
I understand the sacrifice you're making.
And I'm grateful to you.
You are? I know what it's like having to stand by watching these men and their women going off together.
Knowing what they're doing in there.
That's the worst part for me.
Knowing what's happening in those rooms.
No, not the worst.
The worst is the look on them when they come out.
It's all over their faces what they've done.
All the sin and lust and sweat.
[ On Speaker.]
It's right there, isn't it? On their faces.
Especially around the mouth.
Would you like to see? Grace is still in with Durkin.
He's being really helpful.
He says he was there close to the time of death Henry gave us but he had to take a piss, and by the time he got back, E.
M.
S.
was on the scene.
These are the guys he saw more than once over the week and a half he was there.
He got license plates on most but not all.
- I'll run these.
- What's this? - Amateur video of the crime scene.
- Anything useful? We just started looking.
You got a lot of crap on your desk there, Benny.
You might want to clean that up.
Could cause a fire hazard.
Know what I mean? Who the hell is Benny? Look at the time stamp.
Coming up on when they logged the 9 1 1 call.
Must be when she found the body.
I don't think so.
'Cause here comes the body now.
Oh, I love it when they lie.
You and Bobby go.
I want two big tall men talking to poor little Esther.
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
I'll be honest.
You don't want to know when my last confession was.
Well, I'm sure the rules are pretty much the same since then.
I'm glad to hear it.
Okay.
Well, uh, for starters, she's got a real stubborn heart.
- Who does? - The person who's the cause of my transgression.
Anybody like that in your life, Father? Somebody so deep-to-the-bone stubborn you'd swear they was doing it to bust your butt more than it means something to 'em? Well, right now we're interested in your soul.
Well, I got mad and lost my patience.
- Did you hurt anyone? - No.
Did you take the Lord's name in vain? - She does that all the time.
- No, but did you? Well, never.
The thing is, she burns.
Something's burning inside her and I'm afraid it's gonna burn her up if she don't bank the fire.
At the same time, I sort of envy the fire.
That divine heat she gives off.
Pride.
Envy.
God often places barriers between ourselves and grace.
[ Chuckles .]
Ain't that the truth.
Esther's gone.
Looks like she bolted right after you showed us the mug shot.
- Owner gave us permission to search her locker.
- And? [ Bobby .]
And we're doing that right now.
- Bobby.
- We got a maid's uniform, and we got dried blood.
Get a warrant.
Try her home address.
- [ Bobby .]
Meet you there? - No.
The last time this girl was in trouble, she called the priest.
She's in a much bigger mess now.
Well, this ended up taking a lot less time than I figured.
Work-related.
That's the only thing that could get me in a church.
- We clear on that? - Well,just how long has it been, Grace? [ Father Tierney .]
Can I help you, Detective? - I'm here to arrest Esther Prueza.
- I can't permit that.
You can't permit it? Come on, Esther.
Let's go.
Esther has invoked her right of sanctuary and I have extended her the protection of the Church.
[ Grace.]
What- What is this sanctuary bullshit? She said the manager came in the room, tried to rape her.
- She fought back with whatever she could get her hands on.
- So she admits she killed him? We oughta bring 'em both in- her on the confession Father Tierney for obstruction of justice.
The D.
A.
does not want Esther arrested in the church.
- Once she walks out, we can pick her up.
- She isn't coming out, all right? She's afraid of being deported.
She's illegal.
She's afraid of the death penalty too.
This is bullshit.
We got plenty for a warrant.
- Let's just, you know, get her out of there.
- It's not that simple.
Seems pretty simple to me.
She killed a man.
She admitted it.
We need to talk to her.
Right now all we've got is a nasty little homicide.
Now, I'm not gonna let this blossom into something else.
The archbishop's office is gonna send over a liaison.
We're gonna take care of this without offending anybody.
Clear? - Excuse me.
Captain Perry? - Oh.
[Johnny .]
The concept of sanctuary is historically shaky.
And while it appears that Father Tierney has overstepped his authority the archbishop does not want to countermand a parish priest.
It's legally shaky as well.
Perhaps politically the most.
- We're all aware of that.
- Oh, this is bullshit.
I thought priests were supposed to obey orders.
[Johnny .]
Well, Lloyd is one of the more politically active priests in our diocese.
He worked on immigrant rights.
He knows how to use the media.
That's something the archbishop is eager to avoid.
If the district attorney takes the death penalty off of the table we are halfway to a compromise.
It was self-defense.
It's not self-defense 'cause the killer says so.
The D.
A.
is not willing to make a deal at this point.
Then we are at a stalemate.
Not enough the Catholic Church protects pedophiles.
Now they protect killers too? You have my number, Captain Perry.
Will you excuse me, please? So, you and your brother get along? Why does this shit have to come down my first week on the job? I remember once when you spent the night.
We were, like, 1 1 , and Johnny was in charge and we wanted popcorn, but he said no 'cause it was Lent.
So I made some anyway but put too much butter on it, and we both got sick.
Remember? No.
Johnny said God made us throw up to punish us.
Johnny's always been a tight-ass.
Did you ask Earl? If God punishes little girls by making them throw up? Well, yeah.
If God is punitive.
If that's why there's tsunamis and hurricanes and famine.
No, I didn't ask him.
But he filled my house with Bibles and put a Buddha in my living room and this.
This is Hindu.
''Made in China.
'' - What? - Beats the hell out of me.
Thank you, darlin'.
Preliminary on Esther's housekeeping uniform.
Two different blood patterns.
A spray and a wipe.
Each stain comes back a different blood type.
Spray matches victim.
Wipe does not.
Esther must have caught it when she broke the glass.
Wiped blood comes back male.
All the stains are the same age.
I'd say you got a second man in the room at the time of the homicide.
There was another man in the room with Esther when Fritch was killed.
Two different blood types.
She's lying.
So maybe the confession's worthless.
- Yeah.
Now we get the warrant, bring her in? - She's not going anywhere.
I've got people in that church 2 4 hours.
We got nothing out of her apartment, nothing from her neighbors.
- I think we need to talk to her.
- This is not like rousting some little shit with a knapsack full of crack.
This has got a political dimension.
Since when do you care about politics? Since I figured out how to get my own office in this department.
I don't want you going anywhere near the doors of that church, Grace.
Understood? Got it.
[ Grace.]
If I can get in here, anybody can.
So if you think you're safe here, you're not.
Three possibilities.
Who are you afraid of? Who are you protecting? - Who are you working with? - You shouldn't be in here.
I can help you.
Come outside with me.
Five minutes.
Then you can come right back if you want.
You're lying.
So are you.
The door wasn't open.
You unlocked it.
Fritch came in after you, feeling frisky.
Was the other man already in the room, or did he come in after Fritch? - Nobody came in.
- Which nobody? The nobody you don't want to get into trouble? Mr.
Fritch came in the room.
He wouldn't leave me alone.
I killed him.
Then you got nothing to worry about.
It was self-defense.
Let's tell the D.
A.
- I'm not stupid.
- No.
You're very smart.
Smarter than that priest.
You told him a story.
Because if you told him the truth, maybe he wouldn't protect you.
God knows the truth.
That's all that matters.
You don't believe in God.
Jury's out.
I came through Mexico from Chiapas on the roof of a train.
One night, in a storm, in the lightning there was a man with a machete looking at me like Mr.
Fritch looked at me.
I knew what was going to happen.
So I closed my eyes and prayed.
Then there was a sound like- like a thunder.
But closer.
I opened my eyes.
The man with the machete was gone.
Knocked off the train by the branch of a tree.
I believe in God's protection.
And you do not scare me.
Gotta run.
What are you doing here? She's afraid.
And right now I can protect her more than you can.
- You try to talk to her again, I go to the media.
-Just one more thing, Father.
Could you hear my confession? Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
It's been 30 years since my last confession.
I don't think Esther killed Mr.
Fritch.
I think she's afraid of something.
If you're not here for confession, Detective, let's not waste each other's time.
Okay, okay.
You can never repeat anything I tell you, right? That's right.
Everything you say in here is between you and God.
I stole Esther's Bible.
Purse too.
So, what do you think? Five Hail Marys? Ten? I think manipulating the sacrament of reconciliation to use for one's own purposes is a sin in itself.
So double up on the Hail Marys? - [ Ham .]
You stole her Bible? - No.
- She left the Bible on the pew and walked away.
- How far? A good 1 5 feet.
Far enough to give up possession.
Church is a public place.
Sanctuary or not, she's got no expectation of privacy there.
- I could've been a lawyer.
- [ Chuckles .]
- Don't talk like that, girl.
- Well, there's lots of pictures.
I gotta get this translated.
There's letters, Bible verses.
- Either of you got a Bible? - Mine is out in the truck.
Anybody got a Bible I can borrow? [ Phone Rings .]
Hi, Clay.
No.
We don't have to rent a movie.
We can find one on TV that has kissing.
Trust me.
About a half hour.
Okay.
My nephew's gonna get his first kiss this weekend.
[ Chuckles .]
First time I kissed a girl I used so much wintergreen breath spray I couldn't feel a thing.
[ Chuckles .]
What a waste.
Okay.
We got two down.
Both had alibis.
Both had the fear of God put in 'em when it comes to working girls.
My first was Susie Burwell.
You know that game where you pass the orange underneath your chin the couple that drops the orange has to kiss? She told me later she dropped it on purpose.
- The girl always drops it on purpose.
- [ Laughs .]
What about your first kiss, Grace? Yeah.
Who was the lucky guy? I can't remember.
It was a long time ago.
Yeah? Bet he never forgot.
I gotta go pick up my nephew.
- See you guys later.
- See ya.
You broke into a church? You-You stole Esther's Bible, her purse? - She was involved in a homicide.
- You will take any opportunity to show contempt for your faith.
Your faith,Johnny.
Not mine.
- Well, it used to be yours.
- Then I grew up.
So, what? Are you experimenting with new religions now? Once or twice.
But I didn't inhale.
You were baptized Catholic, Grace.
You could put a dot on your forehead, you could get dunked in a river -you could wear a red string on your wrist.
- [ Chuckles .]
- You will always be a Catholic.
- Mmm.
I know.
It's a life sentence.
What are you supposed to do with your noses? It's like driving.
Just keep to the right.
[ Woman On TV.]
Having so many responsibilities.
So much tenseness.
Watching out for, protecting so many people.
[ TV.
: Chattering .]
- Don't worry.
- [ Gasps .]
You ain't the first person to get lost in there.
Oh.
What if he wakes up and sees you? [ Earl .]
He's dreaming about Violet.
So how's it going? My witness, or suspect- I'm not sure which- she's underlined things, pointed at things with arrows, double underlined them.
''Why do you stand afar off, O Lord? ''Why do you hide in times of trouble? ''In the Lord, I put my trust.
How can you say to my soul, 'Flee as a bird to your mountain'?'' What's that supposed to mean? Well, it means something to her, I suppose.
It means she can't figure how God could dump her at the Deluxe Airport Motel cleaning rubbers out of trash cans and going to mass smelling like Clorox.
You're like your brother.
He has a hard time getting past the words.
Johnny? It's easy for him.
He believes it all.
You sure about that? And I'm nothing like him either.
Well, he thinks he's right about everything.
So do you.
Let me tell you, God gets a big kick out of it.
Out of all you guys fighting about this stuff.
Not- Not like actual fighting- wars and people dying- he hates that.
So which religion has it right? God's Warriors of Abraham.
Little sect outside Selma, Alabama.
Mabel and Bob Tubman founded it Now they're 600 strong.
More signing up every day.
You're just making this shit up, aren't you? Or else you got a really clever aneurysm.
Did I miss any kissing parts? No.
Change of plans, Clay.
You're going to Aunt Rhetta's tonight.
Something's come up.
Lying to a priest has gotta be bad karma.
It wasn't that much of a lie.
I just told him we had the guy who killed Fritch.
And we do.
Almost.
We will as soon as he tells Esther.
- Here we go.
- Yeah.
Where the hell are they going? You're telling me the killer's been across the street the whole time? He wanted to stay close to Esther.
- [ Speaking Spanish .]
- You have to turn your-Tell him he has to turn himself in.
Police! Put the gun down! [ Ham .]
NoI - Don't move! - [ Groans .]
Put down the gun.
[ Shouting In Spanish .]
Drop the weapon! [ Speaking Spanish .]
No, he's my cousin.
Please.
No one's going anywhere.
Drop the gun.
- I'll kill him.
You think I won't? - [ Grace.]
Listen to him, Emilio.
This isn't killing Fritch because he was trying to rape your cousin.
It isn't like knocking a man off a train to protect her.
Hurt him, it's a whole other situation.
Let him go, Emilio.
[ Esther Speaking Spanish .]
- [ Spanish .]
- Listen to her, Emilio.
- Come on.
- [ Groans .]
[ Groaning .]
See, Father, what happens if you believe everything you hear in church? [ Emilio .]
Esther.
Let's go.
She left the church ofher own free will.
After you lied to the priest about having the killer.
Lying to a priest is just sort of an extra treat for me.
Point is no sanctuary.
You know, you could use a little sanctuary yourself.
Command chain is not happy about you dismissing the detail in front of the church.
I didn't dismiss them.
I engaged in a tactical redeployment of resources.
- So she'd leave.
- Kinda.
She really think that hiding in that church was gonna buy him more time to get away? Well, he- he wasn't going to abandon her.
It was his job to protect her, ever since they were kids.
Ever since they crossed the border.
And who was protecting Father Tierney? You let him walk into a potentially dangerous situation.
I figured I could handle it.
Okay.
I'll whip up some similar bullshit and try to sell it upstairs.
Just don't break any more church windows.
You told me not to go near the doors.
Lieutenant Yukon, right? Yeah.
That's Yukon.
Met him once, a couple of years ago.
Wasn't dressed like that though.
We, uh, lost a couple of bets that night.
I remember he told me he had the best squad in the state.
Handpicked and hell-bent for leather.
We'd have done anything for him.
He knew it.
A commander knows something like that, gives him a responsibility.
He's gotta return the honor.
That's how it works, Benny.
Why do you keep calling me Benny? Short for Benedict Arnold.
You got a problem with that, Longhorn? A man can get used to anything, I suppose.
I'll have to come up with something to call you.
You can call me anything you want.
Just don't try to get me in that shirt.
Hey, Aunt Grace, do you have any more breath mints? You're minted to the max.
Time to go.
I just want to brush my teeth again.
Uh, the archbishop's office is happy with the way things worked out.
If they want to help Esther, they can make sure she and her cousin get a good lawyer.
They will.
They'll help with the I.
N.
S.
too.
Father Tierney stop shaking yet? I believe he has.
I gave it back.
Esther's Bible.
I gave it back to her.
I'm glad you did that.
All set.
Let's go, UncleJohnny.
Oh, hey, listen.
You know, uh, my car's a mess.
I need to take it to the car wash.
- Would you mind if your Aunt Grace drove you to the party? - In the Porsche? Does that work for you? Works for me.
If you need me, give a holler.
Otherwise, I'll pick you up at 7:30.
- Okay.
- Nothing to worry about.
You all right, champ? Yeah.
I promise you, Clay.
She's just as scared as you are.
- Shit.
- Sending that toJohnny? Christ's sake, don't do that, man.
It's nice.
You should send it to him.
I'm not sending it to anybody.
I'm in a dead spot.
Try it now.
[ Beeps .]
So you handle cell phone coverage but tornadoes, earthquakes, you let that slide? That's too much paperwork.
- [ Sighs .]
- What? If I thought you were real, I might ask you about something.
Well, ask me anyway.
What's the harm? I'm just a fat, old tick getting ready to pop inside your head.
Okay.
You let me know when.
It's getting cold.
Shit.
Gus, come here.
Come over.
I haven't cooked for a man in 20 years.
If you don't get out here, you're not ever, ever - comin' back.
- [ Crash .]
Sorry, Aunt Grace.
Pancakes? I'm starving.
You got about three minutes to eat 'em.
- Syrup? - Sure.
Your dad called.
He said he's coming home Sunday instead of Monday.
- Milk? - Yeah.
You might not want to tell him we stayed up till midnight - playing blackjack on a school night.
- [ Laughs .]
Maybe not.
Aunt Grace, do you know a lot about kissing? Depends what you mean by a lot.
Violet in my class- she's having this party Saturday.
Somebody said there might be kissing games.
Lots of different kinds of kisses, right? If you decide you want to play one of the games you should go with a short and sweet kiss.
Make like you're gonna whistle.
Short and sweet.
- [ Door Opens .]
- [ Dog Barking .]
Oh.
Hey, UncleJohnny.
I'm practicing how to kiss.
Well, that's just wrong, Clay.
Boys practice using their arms.
Girls practice using a pillow.
- You ready to roll? - Yes, sir.
Okay.
Party at Violet's.
Word on the street is there might be kissing games.
Hey.
Where's your jacket? - How you doing? - Good.
Did you ever read that Bible I gave you? - Where is it? - My bedroom.
So-What was that? A test? You didn't even know where it was.
That's the kind of respect you have for God's word.
- I'm sorry, okay? - I don't want to hear about it, Grace.
Fine.
Fine.
Hey.
You, uh- You still seeing that angel? A couple of times.
Yeah.
Is he gonna bring you to mass? [ Grace.]
He said I didn't have to go to mass.
Said I could go to temple if I wanted.
Or a mosque even.
Funny how your angel likes yanking my chain just as much as you do.
- I knew there was something about him I liked.
- [ Chuckles .]
- Can I stay with you Friday night, Aunt Grace? - You're at Uncle Leo's Friday.
You getting tired of being a hot potato? No.
I like moving around.
- Makes me feel like a spy.
- [ Laughs .]
Oh.
Clay Norman, special agent man.
Go spy on the nuns.
- See you later, Aunt Grace.
- Bye.
- Thanks for taking him to school.
- I'm gonna pray for you, Grace.
Just like I always have.
- [ Door Closes .]
- Shithead.
We got some work to do, Gus.
[ Whines .]
[ Laughs .]
[ Acoustic Guitar.]
[ Man .]
So pretty and, oh, so bold Got a heart full of gold on a lonely road - She said, ''I don't even think that God can save me'' - Save me Am I gaining ground Am I losing face Have I lost and found my saving grace Thankful for the gift my angels gave me [ Rock .]
[ Tires Squeal .]
[ Stops .]
[ Airplane Roaring Overhead .]
- Morning, Grace.
- Henry, how the hell are you? I'm doing great.
Joined a new gym.
Been three times this week.
Ah, that's great.
Molly still hanging in there? Actually, she's doing pretty good.
I read about a cat that lived 2 4 years.
So who knows? I haven't seen you since Yukon's service.
- How you guys holding up? - Some better than others.
Maid found the manager in the room.
Paramedics called him when they got here.
- Stab wound in the neck.
- How much longer, Rhetta? A while.
I've grown so weary of discovering new places for semen stains.
Uniform said there's a lot of trade work in this place.
Hell, yes.
Look how romantic it is.
- We canvass these side streets? - Uh-huh.
Get the tag numbers of these cars around here? - Yep.
- We talk to the maid? Not yet.
E.
M.
S.
said she was too scared to talk.
What's this? [ Butch .]
Must be Captain Perry.
- You knew her in Vice, didn't you? - Yeah.
[ Butch .]
Paint's not even dry in Yukon's office.
Not Yukon's office anymore.
They're about to process the scene now.
I know this unit has suffered a tremendous loss.
I want to let you know that while I understand what's happened to you I am dependent on you to be professional during this transition.
No problem.
- Thanks, Captain.
- Coming from Vice, what do you know about this place? Not really busy enough to be on our radar.
Thank you, Detectives.
I'll let you get back to work.
U.
T.
? Yes, ma'am.
Some people will use anything to hold up their pants.
- [ Camera Shutter Clicks .]
- What's his name? Bordon Fritch.
No record.
No family, according to the owner.
[ Grace.]
Awful lot ofblood, Henry.
Got the carotid.
Bled out in under three minutes.
What's that shiny stuff on his forehead? - Rhetta? - I've got a swab of it.
- Smells like olive oil.
- Got the murder weapon over here.
Glass on the floor by the fridge.
Killer breaks a coffeepot against the TV, grinds it into Mr.
Fritch's neck.
Room's not tossed.
No sign of a struggle.
- Bed's not even messed up.
- [ Wristwatch Beeping .]
- Nice of you to show up.
- I'm here now.
What'd I miss? -Just the new boss inspecting the troops.
- We covered for you.
Told her your 1 2-step meetings sometimes run a little long.
Okay if I take these keys? Whoever killed Fritch didn't bother to lift his keys and grab this.
And no credit card receipts.
Place like this is cash and dash.
Like cockroaches.
They emptied out fast when E.
M.
S.
showed up.
- Ah.
Sh- Goddamn it.
- [ Cell Phone Ringing .]
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know.
Look.
I'll be home by 1 1 :00.
All right.
Darlene almost called - Domestic beef? - You could say that.
Hey, Sean.
When Rhetta finishes upstairs - could you ask her to come down and photograph this room too? - Sure.
- Thanks.
- I'm gonna be home by 1 1 :00.
It's something we agreed on out of mutual respect.
Mm-hmm.
You sure you want to see whatever's on there? You're never too old to learn.
Simon, Randy, Paula, my name's Bordon Fritch and I'm here to show you a good time.
Hello, my baby, Hello, my honey Hello, my ragtime gal Send me a kiss by wire Baby, my heart's on fire If you refuse me, honey,you'll lose me Then you will be alone Oh, baby, telephone and tell me I'm your own Hey.
Everybody's got a dream.
[ Butch .]
Hey.
This is Esther Prueza.
She's the one who found Mr.
Fritch, called 91 1 .
- How you doing, Esther? - Good.
- I think.
- I know you've talked to the police but it would help if you could tell us what happened.
I was cleaning.
I hadn't seen Mr.
Fritch.
The room was open.
I looked in.
First I saw the blood.
Then I saw Mr.
Fritch.
I went for Sarah.
We called the police.
- Then I called Father Tierney.
- That's you? I'm Esther's pastor at St.
Sebastian.
She called, and she was very upset.
All I got was that somebody needed extreme unction.
I got here before the paramedics.
- We're only three blocks away.
- Did you touch the body? He was dead.
But I anointed him, yes.
You shouldn't have done that.
Esther, did you see anybody coming into that room before you went into it? I mean, near it, going in, on the landing? Uh, a woman.
Uh, a tall woman walking away.
Maybe she was in the room.
I don't know.
What did she look like? I saw her back.
They come and go here.
The women.
The men.
I just do my job, don't ask questions.
Me too.
You've got blood on your shoes, Father.
What is it with priests on my ass today? - You should've thrown him out before you questioned her.
- I didn't see any harm.
He messed with our crime scene, our victim and our witness.
Hanadarko, my office, now.
How'd you manage to piss her off so fast? Shut the door, please.
Girl, bring it over here right now.
Oh! Seeing you outside of that sleazy hooker motel- it made me nostalgic, teary-eyed.
What about you? Doing the flight deck walk across a parking lot.
Always inspires, especially in these heels.
So glad I get to order your ass around.
You get to try.
Oh.
Oh.
Only I just wish I'd gotten this job some other way.
I know.
Hey.
What's going on down at that motel? Dead company manager.
Maybe working girl.
- Maybe pimp? - Pimp wouldn't need to improvise a weapon.
Who should I talk to about the airport strip? Pippa.
Remember Pippa? She used to work that airport shuttle.
Now she's out on the I-40 near the turnpike.
[ Chuckles .]
Our old stomping grounds.
Okay.
Who are the assholes? Who do I need to watch out for? And who are you screwing? Oh, please don't tell me it's that cowboy with the Longhorn buckle.
- I try not to hold that against him.
He's a local boy.
- He went to U.
T.
- Played quarterback for 'em.
- Gracie, what has happened to you? You used to have standards.
Not much taste, but standards.
Oh, I try not to hold it against him.
You know, we're over and done with.
But I'll tell you, he was just fine once you got that belt off him.
Ooh.
Night manager was okay.
Thank you.
The day guy was a pig.
He was always hassling us, trying to take it out in trade.
That's why I came back out here.
You know what you're getting with the truckers.
Solid family men.
Cute too.
- Did you ever get married? - No.
You ever go back to school? No.
What about that oilman you were dating? He wanted to get married.
You ever cross with Fritch? - Everybody did.
- Anybody want to kill him? Maybe, depending on their mood.
Why don't I think about it and give you a call? [ Truck Horn Honking .]
Something I can help you with, stranger? Yes, ma'am.
I'm new in town and I was just wondering where a man could break a couple crisp new $1 00 bills.
I made a promise.
I gotta go.
Oh, next time I am so keeping the money.
Hey.
Don't forget to honk your horn.
And, um, turn your radio up really loud so the neighbors will know you had a good time.
I'll see you in the morning, huh? Oh! [ Exhales Deeply .]
[ Rings .]
If you refuse me, honey,you'll lose me Then you'll be left alone Oh, baby, telephone Tell me I'm your own [ Chuckles .]
Hello, Grace.
-What do you think you're doing? -I'm stoking the fires of religious passion.
Want to help? I'm not burning a Bible, Earl.
Well, if it was your brother's Bible, would you burn it? Yeah.
Figures you're on his side.
Tell you the truth,your brother's wound a little too tight for me.
Kind of like a five-dollar watch.
Johnny thinks the only way to God is through the Catholic Church.
What do you think? I think maybe I shouldn't let this get to me.
Maybe you're not an angel.
Maybe you're just a nice, big aneurysm in my brain getting ready to pop like a tick.
No big, understand? You do not scare me.
Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, child.
So don't talk to me like I'm one of your punk suspects.
I won't take that.
Get this crap out of my house.
- Wait for me.
- [ Cow Moos .]
You see it? Well, Rhetta,just because a cow has markings that resemble the face ofJesus doesn't mean my sister's had a spiritual encounter.
Seems to me you'd be happy she'd be talking about God at all.
It's a joke.
She hates the Church.
- Don't ask me why.
- Maybe you should ask her.
And hear about an angel named Earl who tells her to convert to Islam.
- Does she really expect me to believe that? - You should believe her,Johnny.
- Why? - I do.
I keep waiting for a camera crew to jump out like I've been punk'd.
You watch Punk'd? Why is Clay teaching my son to kiss his arm? He's getting ready for the possibility of his first kissing game.
[ Rhetta .]
Poor baby.
I seem to recall a certain kissing game you and I played in our unencumbered past.
Yeah.
That was a long time ago.
Seems like two other people.
No, it was us.
I'm pretty sure of that.
[ Cow Moos .]
Esther, see if you remember any of these women being at the motel.
I only saw the woman from the back.
Yeah, we understand that, but we want to know if you've ever seen any of these women around the motel.
Talking with men.
Talking to Mr.
Fritch.
Anything like that.
I don't want to get anyone in trouble.
But I'm sure you want to help us find who killed your boss, don't you? I- I think I should talk to Father Tierney about this.
Okay.
The other maid picked out four of those girls.
- But Esther never saw any of them.
- Yeah, right.
Hello, sir.
Would you mind stepping out of your car? - I didn't do anything.
-Just step out of the car.
I'm just sitting here eating.
You can't harass me.
Harassing? I'm not harassing you, sir.
If I was harassing you, I'd do this.
- Gun, gun, gun.
- [ Grunts .]
I wouldn't have to sit out there putting my life in danger if the police would do their job and enforce God's moral laws.
[ Ham .]
''John Alert.
Clifford Durkin, founder.
Sin has no hiding place.
'' If these men are going to lay with whores, their families and employers should know about it.
How about giving me a minute with Mr.
Durkin? [ Door Opens .]
[ Door Closes .]
I'm so sorry, Mr.
Durkin.
Are you okay? You had no right.
You think I enjoy going out there being in those places? I do not.
I understand the sacrifice you're making.
And I'm grateful to you.
You are? I know what it's like having to stand by watching these men and their women going off together.
Knowing what they're doing in there.
That's the worst part for me.
Knowing what's happening in those rooms.
No, not the worst.
The worst is the look on them when they come out.
It's all over their faces what they've done.
All the sin and lust and sweat.
[ On Speaker.]
It's right there, isn't it? On their faces.
Especially around the mouth.
Would you like to see? Grace is still in with Durkin.
He's being really helpful.
He says he was there close to the time of death Henry gave us but he had to take a piss, and by the time he got back, E.
M.
S.
was on the scene.
These are the guys he saw more than once over the week and a half he was there.
He got license plates on most but not all.
- I'll run these.
- What's this? - Amateur video of the crime scene.
- Anything useful? We just started looking.
You got a lot of crap on your desk there, Benny.
You might want to clean that up.
Could cause a fire hazard.
Know what I mean? Who the hell is Benny? Look at the time stamp.
Coming up on when they logged the 9 1 1 call.
Must be when she found the body.
I don't think so.
'Cause here comes the body now.
Oh, I love it when they lie.
You and Bobby go.
I want two big tall men talking to poor little Esther.
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
I'll be honest.
You don't want to know when my last confession was.
Well, I'm sure the rules are pretty much the same since then.
I'm glad to hear it.
Okay.
Well, uh, for starters, she's got a real stubborn heart.
- Who does? - The person who's the cause of my transgression.
Anybody like that in your life, Father? Somebody so deep-to-the-bone stubborn you'd swear they was doing it to bust your butt more than it means something to 'em? Well, right now we're interested in your soul.
Well, I got mad and lost my patience.
- Did you hurt anyone? - No.
Did you take the Lord's name in vain? - She does that all the time.
- No, but did you? Well, never.
The thing is, she burns.
Something's burning inside her and I'm afraid it's gonna burn her up if she don't bank the fire.
At the same time, I sort of envy the fire.
That divine heat she gives off.
Pride.
Envy.
God often places barriers between ourselves and grace.
[ Chuckles .]
Ain't that the truth.
Esther's gone.
Looks like she bolted right after you showed us the mug shot.
- Owner gave us permission to search her locker.
- And? [ Bobby .]
And we're doing that right now.
- Bobby.
- We got a maid's uniform, and we got dried blood.
Get a warrant.
Try her home address.
- [ Bobby .]
Meet you there? - No.
The last time this girl was in trouble, she called the priest.
She's in a much bigger mess now.
Well, this ended up taking a lot less time than I figured.
Work-related.
That's the only thing that could get me in a church.
- We clear on that? - Well,just how long has it been, Grace? [ Father Tierney .]
Can I help you, Detective? - I'm here to arrest Esther Prueza.
- I can't permit that.
You can't permit it? Come on, Esther.
Let's go.
Esther has invoked her right of sanctuary and I have extended her the protection of the Church.
[ Grace.]
What- What is this sanctuary bullshit? She said the manager came in the room, tried to rape her.
- She fought back with whatever she could get her hands on.
- So she admits she killed him? We oughta bring 'em both in- her on the confession Father Tierney for obstruction of justice.
The D.
A.
does not want Esther arrested in the church.
- Once she walks out, we can pick her up.
- She isn't coming out, all right? She's afraid of being deported.
She's illegal.
She's afraid of the death penalty too.
This is bullshit.
We got plenty for a warrant.
- Let's just, you know, get her out of there.
- It's not that simple.
Seems pretty simple to me.
She killed a man.
She admitted it.
We need to talk to her.
Right now all we've got is a nasty little homicide.
Now, I'm not gonna let this blossom into something else.
The archbishop's office is gonna send over a liaison.
We're gonna take care of this without offending anybody.
Clear? - Excuse me.
Captain Perry? - Oh.
[Johnny .]
The concept of sanctuary is historically shaky.
And while it appears that Father Tierney has overstepped his authority the archbishop does not want to countermand a parish priest.
It's legally shaky as well.
Perhaps politically the most.
- We're all aware of that.
- Oh, this is bullshit.
I thought priests were supposed to obey orders.
[Johnny .]
Well, Lloyd is one of the more politically active priests in our diocese.
He worked on immigrant rights.
He knows how to use the media.
That's something the archbishop is eager to avoid.
If the district attorney takes the death penalty off of the table we are halfway to a compromise.
It was self-defense.
It's not self-defense 'cause the killer says so.
The D.
A.
is not willing to make a deal at this point.
Then we are at a stalemate.
Not enough the Catholic Church protects pedophiles.
Now they protect killers too? You have my number, Captain Perry.
Will you excuse me, please? So, you and your brother get along? Why does this shit have to come down my first week on the job? I remember once when you spent the night.
We were, like, 1 1 , and Johnny was in charge and we wanted popcorn, but he said no 'cause it was Lent.
So I made some anyway but put too much butter on it, and we both got sick.
Remember? No.
Johnny said God made us throw up to punish us.
Johnny's always been a tight-ass.
Did you ask Earl? If God punishes little girls by making them throw up? Well, yeah.
If God is punitive.
If that's why there's tsunamis and hurricanes and famine.
No, I didn't ask him.
But he filled my house with Bibles and put a Buddha in my living room and this.
This is Hindu.
''Made in China.
'' - What? - Beats the hell out of me.
Thank you, darlin'.
Preliminary on Esther's housekeeping uniform.
Two different blood patterns.
A spray and a wipe.
Each stain comes back a different blood type.
Spray matches victim.
Wipe does not.
Esther must have caught it when she broke the glass.
Wiped blood comes back male.
All the stains are the same age.
I'd say you got a second man in the room at the time of the homicide.
There was another man in the room with Esther when Fritch was killed.
Two different blood types.
She's lying.
So maybe the confession's worthless.
- Yeah.
Now we get the warrant, bring her in? - She's not going anywhere.
I've got people in that church 2 4 hours.
We got nothing out of her apartment, nothing from her neighbors.
- I think we need to talk to her.
- This is not like rousting some little shit with a knapsack full of crack.
This has got a political dimension.
Since when do you care about politics? Since I figured out how to get my own office in this department.
I don't want you going anywhere near the doors of that church, Grace.
Understood? Got it.
[ Grace.]
If I can get in here, anybody can.
So if you think you're safe here, you're not.
Three possibilities.
Who are you afraid of? Who are you protecting? - Who are you working with? - You shouldn't be in here.
I can help you.
Come outside with me.
Five minutes.
Then you can come right back if you want.
You're lying.
So are you.
The door wasn't open.
You unlocked it.
Fritch came in after you, feeling frisky.
Was the other man already in the room, or did he come in after Fritch? - Nobody came in.
- Which nobody? The nobody you don't want to get into trouble? Mr.
Fritch came in the room.
He wouldn't leave me alone.
I killed him.
Then you got nothing to worry about.
It was self-defense.
Let's tell the D.
A.
- I'm not stupid.
- No.
You're very smart.
Smarter than that priest.
You told him a story.
Because if you told him the truth, maybe he wouldn't protect you.
God knows the truth.
That's all that matters.
You don't believe in God.
Jury's out.
I came through Mexico from Chiapas on the roof of a train.
One night, in a storm, in the lightning there was a man with a machete looking at me like Mr.
Fritch looked at me.
I knew what was going to happen.
So I closed my eyes and prayed.
Then there was a sound like- like a thunder.
But closer.
I opened my eyes.
The man with the machete was gone.
Knocked off the train by the branch of a tree.
I believe in God's protection.
And you do not scare me.
Gotta run.
What are you doing here? She's afraid.
And right now I can protect her more than you can.
- You try to talk to her again, I go to the media.
-Just one more thing, Father.
Could you hear my confession? Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
It's been 30 years since my last confession.
I don't think Esther killed Mr.
Fritch.
I think she's afraid of something.
If you're not here for confession, Detective, let's not waste each other's time.
Okay, okay.
You can never repeat anything I tell you, right? That's right.
Everything you say in here is between you and God.
I stole Esther's Bible.
Purse too.
So, what do you think? Five Hail Marys? Ten? I think manipulating the sacrament of reconciliation to use for one's own purposes is a sin in itself.
So double up on the Hail Marys? - [ Ham .]
You stole her Bible? - No.
- She left the Bible on the pew and walked away.
- How far? A good 1 5 feet.
Far enough to give up possession.
Church is a public place.
Sanctuary or not, she's got no expectation of privacy there.
- I could've been a lawyer.
- [ Chuckles .]
- Don't talk like that, girl.
- Well, there's lots of pictures.
I gotta get this translated.
There's letters, Bible verses.
- Either of you got a Bible? - Mine is out in the truck.
Anybody got a Bible I can borrow? [ Phone Rings .]
Hi, Clay.
No.
We don't have to rent a movie.
We can find one on TV that has kissing.
Trust me.
About a half hour.
Okay.
My nephew's gonna get his first kiss this weekend.
[ Chuckles .]
First time I kissed a girl I used so much wintergreen breath spray I couldn't feel a thing.
[ Chuckles .]
What a waste.
Okay.
We got two down.
Both had alibis.
Both had the fear of God put in 'em when it comes to working girls.
My first was Susie Burwell.
You know that game where you pass the orange underneath your chin the couple that drops the orange has to kiss? She told me later she dropped it on purpose.
- The girl always drops it on purpose.
- [ Laughs .]
What about your first kiss, Grace? Yeah.
Who was the lucky guy? I can't remember.
It was a long time ago.
Yeah? Bet he never forgot.
I gotta go pick up my nephew.
- See you guys later.
- See ya.
You broke into a church? You-You stole Esther's Bible, her purse? - She was involved in a homicide.
- You will take any opportunity to show contempt for your faith.
Your faith,Johnny.
Not mine.
- Well, it used to be yours.
- Then I grew up.
So, what? Are you experimenting with new religions now? Once or twice.
But I didn't inhale.
You were baptized Catholic, Grace.
You could put a dot on your forehead, you could get dunked in a river -you could wear a red string on your wrist.
- [ Chuckles .]
- You will always be a Catholic.
- Mmm.
I know.
It's a life sentence.
What are you supposed to do with your noses? It's like driving.
Just keep to the right.
[ Woman On TV.]
Having so many responsibilities.
So much tenseness.
Watching out for, protecting so many people.
[ TV.
: Chattering .]
- Don't worry.
- [ Gasps .]
You ain't the first person to get lost in there.
Oh.
What if he wakes up and sees you? [ Earl .]
He's dreaming about Violet.
So how's it going? My witness, or suspect- I'm not sure which- she's underlined things, pointed at things with arrows, double underlined them.
''Why do you stand afar off, O Lord? ''Why do you hide in times of trouble? ''In the Lord, I put my trust.
How can you say to my soul, 'Flee as a bird to your mountain'?'' What's that supposed to mean? Well, it means something to her, I suppose.
It means she can't figure how God could dump her at the Deluxe Airport Motel cleaning rubbers out of trash cans and going to mass smelling like Clorox.
You're like your brother.
He has a hard time getting past the words.
Johnny? It's easy for him.
He believes it all.
You sure about that? And I'm nothing like him either.
Well, he thinks he's right about everything.
So do you.
Let me tell you, God gets a big kick out of it.
Out of all you guys fighting about this stuff.
Not- Not like actual fighting- wars and people dying- he hates that.
So which religion has it right? God's Warriors of Abraham.
Little sect outside Selma, Alabama.
Mabel and Bob Tubman founded it Now they're 600 strong.
More signing up every day.
You're just making this shit up, aren't you? Or else you got a really clever aneurysm.
Did I miss any kissing parts? No.
Change of plans, Clay.
You're going to Aunt Rhetta's tonight.
Something's come up.
Lying to a priest has gotta be bad karma.
It wasn't that much of a lie.
I just told him we had the guy who killed Fritch.
And we do.
Almost.
We will as soon as he tells Esther.
- Here we go.
- Yeah.
Where the hell are they going? You're telling me the killer's been across the street the whole time? He wanted to stay close to Esther.
- [ Speaking Spanish .]
- You have to turn your-Tell him he has to turn himself in.
Police! Put the gun down! [ Ham .]
NoI - Don't move! - [ Groans .]
Put down the gun.
[ Shouting In Spanish .]
Drop the weapon! [ Speaking Spanish .]
No, he's my cousin.
Please.
No one's going anywhere.
Drop the gun.
- I'll kill him.
You think I won't? - [ Grace.]
Listen to him, Emilio.
This isn't killing Fritch because he was trying to rape your cousin.
It isn't like knocking a man off a train to protect her.
Hurt him, it's a whole other situation.
Let him go, Emilio.
[ Esther Speaking Spanish .]
- [ Spanish .]
- Listen to her, Emilio.
- Come on.
- [ Groans .]
[ Groaning .]
See, Father, what happens if you believe everything you hear in church? [ Emilio .]
Esther.
Let's go.
She left the church ofher own free will.
After you lied to the priest about having the killer.
Lying to a priest is just sort of an extra treat for me.
Point is no sanctuary.
You know, you could use a little sanctuary yourself.
Command chain is not happy about you dismissing the detail in front of the church.
I didn't dismiss them.
I engaged in a tactical redeployment of resources.
- So she'd leave.
- Kinda.
She really think that hiding in that church was gonna buy him more time to get away? Well, he- he wasn't going to abandon her.
It was his job to protect her, ever since they were kids.
Ever since they crossed the border.
And who was protecting Father Tierney? You let him walk into a potentially dangerous situation.
I figured I could handle it.
Okay.
I'll whip up some similar bullshit and try to sell it upstairs.
Just don't break any more church windows.
You told me not to go near the doors.
Lieutenant Yukon, right? Yeah.
That's Yukon.
Met him once, a couple of years ago.
Wasn't dressed like that though.
We, uh, lost a couple of bets that night.
I remember he told me he had the best squad in the state.
Handpicked and hell-bent for leather.
We'd have done anything for him.
He knew it.
A commander knows something like that, gives him a responsibility.
He's gotta return the honor.
That's how it works, Benny.
Why do you keep calling me Benny? Short for Benedict Arnold.
You got a problem with that, Longhorn? A man can get used to anything, I suppose.
I'll have to come up with something to call you.
You can call me anything you want.
Just don't try to get me in that shirt.
Hey, Aunt Grace, do you have any more breath mints? You're minted to the max.
Time to go.
I just want to brush my teeth again.
Uh, the archbishop's office is happy with the way things worked out.
If they want to help Esther, they can make sure she and her cousin get a good lawyer.
They will.
They'll help with the I.
N.
S.
too.
Father Tierney stop shaking yet? I believe he has.
I gave it back.
Esther's Bible.
I gave it back to her.
I'm glad you did that.
All set.
Let's go, UncleJohnny.
Oh, hey, listen.
You know, uh, my car's a mess.
I need to take it to the car wash.
- Would you mind if your Aunt Grace drove you to the party? - In the Porsche? Does that work for you? Works for me.
If you need me, give a holler.
Otherwise, I'll pick you up at 7:30.
- Okay.
- Nothing to worry about.
You all right, champ? Yeah.
I promise you, Clay.
She's just as scared as you are.
- Shit.
- Sending that toJohnny? Christ's sake, don't do that, man.
It's nice.
You should send it to him.
I'm not sending it to anybody.
I'm in a dead spot.
Try it now.
[ Beeps .]
So you handle cell phone coverage but tornadoes, earthquakes, you let that slide? That's too much paperwork.
- [ Sighs .]
- What? If I thought you were real, I might ask you about something.
Well, ask me anyway.
What's the harm? I'm just a fat, old tick getting ready to pop inside your head.
Okay.
You let me know when.