Murdaugh: Death in the Family
Season 1 – Episode 6
Episode title: June 7th
Original release date:Â November 5, 2025
Plot: Maggie finds joy in life outside of Hampton while Paul embraces his newfound sense of responsibility. Alex struggles to process the news of his father’s deteriorating health.
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Murdaugh: Death in the Family – S01E06 – June 7th | Transcript
Randy is gonna take managing partner.
Get your house in order.
You know, the cops are already trying to talk to us.
I don’t know what to say.
Just say nothin’.
We can get it all sorted, but only if we all get on the same page.
I’m filing a motion to compel all your financial records.
You do that, bo.
And maybe I’ll tell them about the shit you and Randolph were up to the night of the crash.
[crying]
[gasps]
[♪ Tense music playing]
Alec, the judge has already decided to proceed.
There’s gonna be a hearing to compel your finances on June 10th.
If you did have to let him look at the bank records, I mean, would it really be the end of the world?
[barking]
[police radio squawking]
[car door closes]
[dogs barking]
[police radio chatter]
[officer] Whiskey Fox, Whiskey Mike.
I-I don’t have a gun.
[officer] Would you mind turning around for me, please, sir?
Thank you. Just real quick.
[Alex Murdaugh]
You don’t know me. I’m unarmed.
Okay. Yeah.
Sir, is this your wife and son?
My son.
[breathing heavily]
[crying]
It’s bad.
He’s…
It’s bad. I-I did check…
I checked their pulses.
[♪ Eerie music playing]
[♪ Serene music playing]
[seagulls squawking]
[waves crashing]
♪ I wanted you to go ♪
♪ I wanted you ♪
♪ To go ♪
[cell phone vibrating]
♪ Maybe one day, I’ll be ♪
♪ Maybe one day ♪
♪ I’ll be ♪
♪ All that you’re looking for ♪
[Maggie sighs]
♪ How could we ever ♪
♪ Know? ♪
[indistinct chatter on TV]
Thought they played yesterday.
It’s a regional elimination game, Daddy.
[commentator]
…the whole season on the line.
The 02 pitch…
Come on, how are you gonna swing at that?
[Randy chuckles]
Hey, isn’t this stuff like two, three grand a bottle?
Don’t…
I got a deal on it from a client in Charleston.
I bet you did.
Yeah.
Daddy?
You gonna put a lip on that?
It’ll give me a headache.
[coughing]
[Lynn Goettee]
You okay, Daddy? It’s okay.
[phone line rings]
[Maggie Murdaugh]
Hello, this is Margaret.
Leave me a message.
[answering machine beeps]
Hey, it’s me, you know, trying you again.
I’m, uh…
Well, you know, I’m thinking of you.
[sighs]
What… what are you doin’?
Just, just calling Maggie.
Oh. How is she?
She’s good, she’s good.
She’s down at the beach house doing renovations.
Oh.
Yeah.
Haven’t been up here in years.
No.
Looks like neither has anybody else.
[laughs]
Come on, get on. Come on, get… get a looksee at this.
Oh.
My first buck.
Oh, yeah.
[Alex] September 14th, 1978.
Look at that shit-eatin’ grin.
[Alex] Oh, yeah.
You were so damn proud of yourself.
[laughing] I was, too.
You’re a little bit scared about that blood, though.
Why you gotta tell lies now, bo?
I’m not!
You were shaking like a damn leaf.
Maybe a little bit, I was shaking.
Yeah, a little bit.
Just a tiny…
Little, little bit, you know.
Chasing me around with that blood.
[Randy Murdaugh] Mm.
The doctors really think Daddy can rally?
Oh, I don’t know if it’s that optimistic, but… if the pneumonia clears, potentially.
Maybe they sent him home to die.
Well, he’s here now.
We just gotta make the best of it.
You’re doing a great job, by the way, with the firm.
Okay, Alex, that’s not…
No, I’m serious, bo.
You are.
And I’ve been meaning to say so.
Mm… Whatever happens with Daddy, we got to have each other’s backs.
Okay?
Of course.
Always put family first.
Always.
[glasses clink]
[gulps]
So, hey, listen…
I didn’t want to spoil Daddy’s homecoming, but I got some news from a buddy up in Columbia.
Sounds like the state grand jury is opening an investigation into your actions following Paul’s boat crash.
W-W-What actions?
A possible coverup.
Pressuring everybody to stay quiet.
I’m sorry, Alec.
But they’re talking potential obstruction of justice.
[exhales] Man, I gotta…
You know, I got a, I got a, I got a hearing on Thursday about opening up my financial records for the civil suit.
I got Paul’s criminal case.
I got everything going on with Daddy.
And now I got a grand jury investigation?
I know, it’s a lot.
No, it’s starting to feel like I’m locked in a… in a room.
And the walls are just gettin’ closer, Randy.
They’re getting closer and closer and closer and closer.
And I can’t breathe.
If there’s anything I can do.
Anything.
You know, bo, you were right.
Let’s just not…
Let’s just not spoil today, okay?
Okay.
Just get in here.
[Will Loving] Put a hot tub right there on the porch for all the little Bettys.
Measured out and everything.
Just for the summer?
Could extend it, though.
Come on, man.
That third bedroom’s got your name all over it.
Yeah, maybe.
Meg, tell this fool to come live here for the summer.
I don’t know, he’s such a country boy.
Bright lights of the city may not be his vibe.
Wow!
All right, don’t let me loose in this town.
Or I’ll be runnin’ the whole damn place in a week.
Oh, it would take you at least two.
A week and a half, maybe, maybe.
Last strike, last strike.
[Paul Murdaugh] Come on, Gamecocks.
Damn!
[no audio]
Jägerbombs. Three.
No.
I’m good, bo.
I gotta head back to Hampton.
I’m working for my uncle tomorrow.
Our baseball season just died a sad, slow death, man.
Come on!
Give mine to Miss Meagan.
[♪ Serene music playing]
[seagulls cawing]
[Maggie] How are Mommy and Daddy?
You talk to them today? Are they okay?
[Marian Proctor] Oh, just the same.
Asking after you, wondering how you are.
[Maggie] And what’d you say?
I just say, “Best I know, she’s right where she wants to be, happy as a clam out at the beach.”
You can tell the truth.
You’re here on a reconnaissance mission.
I’m here to find out how my sister’s doing.
You seen Alec since you left Moselle?
Two weeks ago, we went to a baseball game with the boys.
Couldn’t get down here fast enough.
You know… you can redecorate the house all you want, but it’s not gonna change what happened.
It’s okay if you still don’t want to tell me any more about it.
You know, I think I wanna spare you the gory details that I wish that I could spare myself.
You call that lawyer I sent you?
No, I don’t have time.
I have too much going on.
I mean, Paul with his health issues and Buster getting kicked out of law school.
I still don’t know what came over him.
Margaret, call the lawyer.
You can’t hide out here forever.
[sighs] I-I got a painter coming on Thursday.
I still haven’t picked the paint color.
Now come on, you got a good eye.
Come with me.
This one.
This was the one that I liked.
Livable Green, I think its name is.
You know they change depending on the… daylight.
I know it’s scary, but me and Mom and Dad will be here for you no matter what.
[sighs] Murdaughs don’t get divorced, Marian.
They are a family of lawyers.
By the time they’re done with me, I won’t have anything left.
Call the lawyer, Maggie.
It’s just a conversation.
You know, lately I’ve been having all these… memories of when I first met Alec.
[laughs] We had fun.
Mm.
We were so excited when the babies were comin’ and bringin’ ’em home from the hospital our first night at our new house.
[sighs]
And now looking back on that… all those memories.
Are any of them real?
Were they worth anything?
It was half my life.
Where do I put them now?
Hmm.
You know, all those pictures, took them off the wall for the painter.
Now, I don’t know if I can ever put them back.
[insects chirping]
[knock on door]
[Alex] Hey, Blanca, girl.
Hey.
Supper’s on the stove.
Alec, please don’t forget to eat.
Miss Maggie will think I’m not feeding you.
I will.
You sure you’re okay here all by your lonesome?
I’m just tired, B.
Okay.
Well, eat and get you some rest.
[Alex] Thanks for checking in on me.
Bless you.
[door closes]
[Alex sighs]
[cell phone buzzes]
[sighs]
Rogan, boy.
Hey, what’s shakin’, bo?
[Rogan Gibson]
Straight up now. There you go.
You’ll be all right.
Thanks for letting him stay here.
Oh, come on, Rogan, it ain’t nothing.
I’m happy to help out.
I appreciate it. I appreciate it.
[rooster crows]
You got any food or anything for him?
Nah. He ain’t that spoiled.
You know. Whatever y’all feed the rest of them is good.
All right then.
He does have something going on with his tail, though, so.
He does?
Yeah, just keep that in mind.
Oh, I’ll be sure to keep a lookout.
I mean, yeah, hell, these dogs always got something or other going on.
Come on, heads up. There you go.
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Not right now.
You sure?
Yes, sir. I appreciate it.
I ain’t gonna waste that.
Oh, boy.
You got it.
Where’s Miss Maggie?
She’s down at the beach house doing some renovations.
All right.
You know, just…
What you got goin’ on?
You wanna hunt some hogs?
Right now?
Right now.
We get down to the pond.
They got some bass.
Yay big, ready for the hook.
I’d love to, I’d love to, but…
[Alex] But what?
I’m heading to my girl’s place for a few days.
Oh! Why didn’t you say so, bo?
[laughs] Don’t let me hold you up.
Oh, believe me, you’re not holding me up.
You gonna get some, huh?
[Rogan] You’d better believe it.
Oh, yeah.
[dog barking]
[Rogan] You know, how about when Paul’s off work next?
We can do that then.
That’d be good, I’d like that.
I would, yeah.
Appreciate it, Mr. Alec.
You have a good night.
You too. See you, Cash.
[engine starts]
[chuckles]
♪♪
[sighs]
[♪ “A Rock” by Hardy playing]
♪ A dollar bill
feels like a wad of cash ♪
♪ There’s war and drugs
and guns on hips ♪
♪ But all you’re thinkin’ about
is how far you can skip a rock ♪
[loud thud, dog whimpers] Oh! Fuck!
[exhales]
[dog whimpering, crying] Oh, fuck.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, come on.
[dog whining]
Hey! Hey, excuse me!
I need help.
What happened?
I was driving, and he just came out of nowhere.
I tried to stop. He’s hurt bad.
We’re gonna do our best, okay?
Just wait here.
[sighs]
Oh.
[door slams] Man.
[sniffles]
Stop.
Fuckin’ stop.
[sobbing] Oh, my God!
[♪ Somber music playing]
[crying]
I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m… fucking sorry.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.
[door opens, closes]
We’ve got him sedated.
He’s got a few broken ribs, needed some stitches, but he’s gonna be okay.
Wait, he is?
Mmhmm.
You sure?
Mmhmm.
He’s micro chipped.
We got in touch with the owner to let him know.
You did good gettin’ him here as fast as you did.
Oh, thank you.
Yeah, thank you so much.
[birds chirping]
[sleep alarm ringing] [inhales deeply, sighs]
[turns alarm off]
[grunts]
[phone vibrates]
♪♪
[sighs]
[sniffles] [footsteps approach] [knock on door] Yep?
Hey, Uncle Randy’s gonna take your granddaddy back to the doctor.
He got worse overnight.
Well, how bad?
Don’t right know yet.
Um, I’m gonna meet them there after I open up the shop, sign out today’s rentals.
Well, I can open it.
No, you ain’t gotta do that.
No, yeah, sign out equipment, get things going.
I’ll be fine.
Yeah, of course, you will.
Hey, maybe you could swing by your granddaddy’s after work.
Pick up my truck.
Yeah. Yeah, anything.
I am real proud of the work you’re doing, little rooster.
[laughs] Oh… this is from your mama.
Compression socks.
She’s worried to death about your damn feet.
Yeah, well, they’re busted up pretty good.
Well, there ain’t no reason a boy your age should have blood pressure issues.
Yeah, well, there is if you drink too damn much.
Well, hopefully the socks will help.
Hey, Dad.
[John Marvin Murdaugh] Hey.
Is Granddaddy gonna be okay?
Well, sweet girl…
I don’t quite know.
But you know what we can do?
We can pray for him.
How’s that sound?
Yeah?
Okay.
Heavenly Father, we ask for your grace and your support in these trying times.
[cell phone vibrates]
Hey, Daddy.
[Alex] [on phone] Hey, bo.
Hey, listen, that dove field’s lookin’ in pretty bad shape right now.
Man, I told the new groundskeeper, uh, CB?
I told him to tend to it while I was gone.
What’d he do?
Well, not a lot by the looks of it.
Blanca’s left your laundry here, ready to pick up, too.
Yeah. Uh, well, Uncle John asked me to pick up his truck from Almeda after work.
Okay.
And I was gonna sit with Grandma Em a minute.
And, yeah, I’ll come over after.
I’m looking forward to seeing you, son.
All right. I-I love you.
I love you too, Daddy.
[dogs barking in distance]
[♪ Tense music playing]
[inhales deeply]
[sighs]
[waves crashing]
[seagulls squawking]
[gasps]
[sighs]
[birds tweeting]
[sighs]
[seagulls squawking]
[voicemail] You have reached McNeill Family Law and Associates.
Please leave your name, number, and a brief message, and someone will return your call as soon as possible.
[voicemail beeps]
Yes, hello, this is Margaret Branstetter, and I’m a…
No.
I will be a new client.
Um, give me a call.
803…
6769982.
[♪ Somber music playing]
[sighs]
[birds tweeting]
[knock on door]
Hey, Alec, you got a minute?
[Alex] For the CFO, I do.
Jeanne, girl, I was just about to holler at you.
Listen, can you do me a favor?
Can you pull my 401(k) records?
I need you to wrangle them for me.
Yeah, I can do that.
[Alex] Thank you, lovely lady.
I need them for the damn hearing on Thursday.
Gotta get everything ready for the judge.
Something on your mind?
I’m sorry to broach this with everything that’s been going on.
Broach what?
Well, I’m working to reconcile the books with Annette, and, uh, there’s a check I’m trying to track down from one of your cases, and I’m not having much luck.
Okay, well, which case?
What check?
The Alvarez case, $750,000.
Alvarez, you say?
Mmhmm.
A check I didn’t file.
I think that you might know what happened to it and you aren’t telling us.
I’m sorry, I’m just trying to do my job.
And your job is to tell me that I stole a check?
It looks suspicious, Alec.
[cell phone vibrates]
Randy?
[Randy] [on phone]
Hey, I’m at the doctor with Daddy.
Afraid it’s not good news.
What do you mean?
Pneumonia’s gotten worse.
They’re-they’re sending him back into the hospital.
They what? I mean, he… but they just sent him home though.
He was gettin’ better.
[Randy] He was, now he’s not.
They said it might be the end, Alec.
It’s what?
[Randy] I’ll call you when I know more from the hospital.
Well…
Fuck.
The doctors are sendin’ Daddy back to the hospital.
They said it might be the end.
Oh, God.
No, I’m…
I’m so sorry.
Um…
[sighs] Look, just forget about this.
Look, can you just…?
Yeah, yeah.
Thank you.
[♪ Discordant music playing]
♪♪
It’s under the name of Buster Murdaugh.
Okay.
It’s a prescription for Dupilumab.
All right, let me see here.
Um… Hmm.
I’m sorry, ma’am.
I’ve got the injections in stock, but it doesn’t look like he has any refills.
That’s what the girl on the phone said.
He just needs to get his doctor to call in a refill, and we can take care of that for you.
Well, his doctor is on vacation, and he needs his medicine.
That’s why I drove all the way over here.
Okay. I understand, but I can’t refill it without authorization.
You know, maybe he can try one of the topical creams…
This is the only thing that works for him.
He’s having a horrible flareup.
What’s he supposed to do?
Just itch himself to death?
Well, I am… I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do.
Listen, I am this boy’s mama.
He needs his medication.
If you think I’m leaving this pharmacy without it, then you got me confused with someone else.
[cell phone ringing]
[clears throat] Yes?
[Alex] [on phone]
Oh, thank God. Maggie?
Mmhmm.
[Alex] I’ve been callin’.
Yeah, I saw that.
[Alex]
Well, Mags… Well, Mags, it’s bad.
It’s gotten real bad.
I mean, Daddy’s headed back to the hospital.
He gotten worse.
Wait, he’s at the hospital now?
[Alex] He is. They don’t…
They don’t know how long he’s got.
Look, listen, he’s just… so sickly.
He’s just little and feeble, and he loves you so much.
Listen, can you… can you come back to the house?
I mean, Paw-Paw’s already comin’ home.
And we could all… we can all go and visit him together.
I got a lot going on at the house.
I got the painters coming over.
[Alex]
You know, I was gonna call Bus too.
Please?
I don’t know. What…
What time are the visiting hours at the hospital?
[Alex] I need my family right now, Mags.
I do. I need you, please.
I don’t know what to do.
He’s dying, Maggie.
Daddy’s gonna die.
I can’t be alone with this. I can’t.
I just… You know, it’d mean so much for you to be here.
I don’t know.
I’ll think about it.
[Alex]
Okay, no, okay. Baby, okay, all right?
Just… Just, you know, just let me know, please.
I love you. I do.
All right.
[phone beeps off]
[Marian Proctor]
He wants you to come tonight?
[Maggie] [on phone] Yeah. Yeah.
He said he needed his family.
Maybe he should have thought of that before…
Marian!
It might make you feel good to see Paul.
Yeah, I do miss him.
But I just got too much going on, and I don’t want to see Alec.
He reminds me of everything I’m trying to be done with.
Well, I just feel so terrible for Randall.
[Marian] Of course, you do.
Yeah, he was always so good to me.
We had our little jokes on the side.
You mean a lot to him.
[Maggie sighs] I just feel terrible that Alec’s bullshit is making all this harder.
[Marian]
I think you focus on what you want.
If it’s important for you to see Paul, you should go.
If it’s important for you to be there for Randolph, you should go.
Don’t let Alec stop you from doing what you need to do.
[sighs] Thank you.
I’ll figure it out.
[Marian] Okay.
Talk to you later, honey.
Love you.
[lips smack]
[sighs]
[insects chirruping]
[turns ignition off] Damn, man.
[truck doors open]
Look at this.
I know, huh?
Hey, little Red Riding Hood returns.
[both laugh]
More like the Big Bad Wolf.
Oh.
You not around as much, it hasn’t been gettin’ the TLC it needs.
That’s all right, we’ll get it good again.
Yeah.
Hoping your mama’s gonna get home soon.
Well… what you wanna do till she does?
[Alex] Boom. [laughs]
[Paul scoffs]
Come on, watch how it’s done now.
[gunshot] Boom! [laughs] Regular Doc Holliday right here, fellas.
[chuckling]
Yeah, when are we gonna go see Granddaddy?
I want to give your mama a chance to get here first so we can all go together as a family.
I got to warn you, though, he’s in pretty bad shape.
For the win.
[gunshot]
That’s why we gotta go, though.
You know, I don’t know if we’ll get to again.
Man, I thought you were gonna stop takin’ that shit.
I don’t expect you to understand, son.
Come on.
It might be I understand better than anybody, bo.
I fucked up plenty.
[gunshot] Goddamn right, you did.
I got a court date Thursday to remind me.
Go on, go again.
Don’t miss this time, though.
I know. It’s been a lot.
All my bullshit.
Oh, it has.
I never meant to put you through all that.
That’s okay, son.
I guess it just goes with the territory.
Yeah.
This shit’s hard, bo.
[Alex] What?
Life. Life is hard.
We can’t just…
I don’t know, we just gotta do better than we done.
Be better than we’ve been, you know?
We don’t gotta let it bury us.
[gunshot]
[♪ Country music playing on radio]
I like your sneakers.
Oh, thanks.
So, I haven’t seen you for a while.
How have you been?
Oh, my father-in-law… he’s sick and doesn’t have much more time.
And my husband wants me to go home and be with him.
Oh, that’s very sweet of you looking out for him that way.
Well, I’m looking out for a divorce, actually.
Hmm.
Makes it hard to be sweet.
Well, I’m sorry to hear that.
Thank you.
But I am hoping it’s gonna work out for the best.
[♪ Country music continues]
[crickets chirping] [dog barking]
[♪ Somber music playing]
[sighs]
[inhales deeply, sighs]
[exhales]
There she is! About dang time. Come here.
Oh, there he is!
[Paul] Yeah.
Oh, let me look at you.
You got shorter.
You look good, baby.
What? What? So do you.
I missed you.
I missed you, too. I missed you, too.
What about you, huh? You miss me?
Oh, you didn’t miss me. All right.
Of course, he did.
No, he was out at the beach all by his lonesome.
[Paul giggling]
Ain’t you sight for sore eyes?
Come on.
[groans softly]
Who’s hungry?
Hell, I’m starving.
[Paul] Yeah, I know he is.
What’d she feed you over there, seaweed?
[Alex] Come and lend me a hand, bo.
Come on, Mags.
[♪ Gentle music playing]
Oh, no. No, thanks. I’m cuttin’ back.
Well, more for me then.
Thank you very much.
Oh, whoa, whoa. Where are you going?
Come have a seat.
I got stuff to catch up on.
[Alex] What do you gotta catch up on?
Your taxes?
Well, come on. Sit down.
Let’s have a nice family dinner together.
I been gone for weeks.
I got stuff, all right? Y’all enjoy.
So, what’s the latest with Randolph?
Well, we missed visiting hours.
They’re, uh, trying to manage his pain.
Have you talked to him?
Nope.
He was asleep when I called.
Randy said apparently, the doctors, uh…
Apparently, there’s not much more they can do for him.
[sighs]
Oh, Randolph.
I’m so sorry, Alec. Really, I am.
It is good to see you.
I don’t think I can face it without you, Mags.
I just…
Been horrible seein’ him in so much pain.
So… You know, so weak and s-s-sickly.
I barely recognize him half the time.
And once he’s gone, I don’t know, what then? I mean…
I’m not ready for him to go. I’m not.
We all still need him.
I still need him.
You know, I’m just not ready to go, baby.
I’m just…
[sobbing] …not ready for him to go, you know?
Of course not.
Oh, Alec.
I…
Losing a parent is really hard.
It’s awful.
Oh, my Mags.
Where’s your ring at?
Baby, I didn’t mean… Mags, I didn’t.
I’m sorry, I…
[sighs]
[♪ Tense music playing]
[crickets chirping]
How long is the work at Edisto gonna last, you think?
I don’t know, as long as it takes.
Gotta grab a few things to take back.
We miss you here at home.
Yeah, well, you’re in good hands with Blanca.
You know, you take all the time you need with this renovation.
You know, and once it’s all perfect, and to your liking…
[laughs]
I know how you are about these things.
And then we can have a big beach house end of summer shindig to celebrate.
How about that? Then it’s…
Come September, we get you back out to Moselle.
No, I’m not sure about that.
You’re not sure about what?
Coming back.
You’re my Mags.
Of course, you’re coming back.
What do you mean?
Let’s just get on the other side of this whole thing with your daddy, okay?
Listen, Maggie, look, look, look, look.
I know I need help. I do.
I know it, okay? And I’m willing to…
I’m not willing. I-I want to, baby.
I want to stop all of this.
I want to stop lettin’ these pills control me.
Gonna get serious about it this time.
I’m gonna do it right.
I’m gonna get myself in a program and I’m gonna just…
I want you to know I’m sorry for what I put you through.
Everything I put the boys through.
I live with it every goddamn day.
It’s just… It’s eating at me, Maggie.
It’s eating me alive.
I mean, my insides are torn clean out over what happened.
I know I’ve hurt you.
And believe me, betrayal isn’t…
I broke my vows to you.
I know I did.
And I don’t know if it means anything to you, but it didn’t mean anything to me, not a goddamn thing.
And I…
But I knew it was wrong.
I take responsibility for it.
But I take responsibility for it.
I knew it was wrong.
How are you ever gonna forgive me for it?
I do not know.
But I am willing, baby.
I’m willing to do whatever it takes to earn your trust back.
Because there is nothin’, nothin’ more important in this life to me than this family.
Nothin’.
I don’t believe a single word coming out of your mouth.
All I hear is noise.
[crickets chirping]
Boy’s crazy.
Look, he’s drooling over this.
Y’all didn’t play fetch on the beach?
[Maggie] Oh, don’t let him fool you.
We play fetch every morning on that beach.
Come on, boy. Good boy.
[Paul] Look at him go.
[laughs] Man.
Yeah, he’s stretching them legs.
There he goes.
Oh, I watched that, um, A Star Is Born movie the other day.
Oh, the new one?
Yeah, Bradley Cooper.
Ooh, I gotta go check that out.
How’s everything else going?
Yeah, work with Uncle JM’s going good, I think.
And, uh…
Yeah, I…
I was thinking about maybe getting a place with some buddies of mine in Charleston.
Oh, that is wonderful.
Yeah.
Oh.
Yeah, it’ll be fun.
How’s your swelling on your feet?
Did you get those socks that I sent?
Oh, you mean them sausage casings?
[laughs] Yeah, I did.
I wore them to work today, thank you.
Oh, you got to take care of yourself.
Yeah, I’m trying, Mama.
Trying.
It’s harder than it looks, though, ain’t it?
Mm, tell me about it.
One day at a time, and then we’ll get there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You think…
You think that maybe, uh, Daddy’s ready to try, too?
Maybe get off them pills and clean himself up?
[sighs, sniffles]
If there’s one thing that I have learned in this life, it’s you got to learn to take care of yourself before you can even try to take care of someone else.
Yeah.
And you love him.
I know you do.
And nothing is gonna change that.
But, honey… we cannot fix him.
Yeah.
I was so young when I met your daddy.
Younger than you are right now.
I didn’t know anything about anything.
And I certainly didn’t know what was gonna happen in life, but… there I was, and I made a decision.
[sighs] I chose to build my life with him.
And I don’t regret it.
I never will because I got you, and Buster.
And I will always be so grateful for that.
But I have to tell you that I…
Baby, I’m sorry.
Sorry for what?
[♪ Somber music playing]
I chose this life. You didn’t.
You were born your father’s son, baby.
And there’s something I see that’s so good in you.
And I am not so sure that he has that.
Mama, you don’t…
You don’t have to apologize for…
[door opens]
What y’all doing out here?
We’re just talkin’.
Paul, you gonna go and check on Cash at the kennels for Rogan?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
He’s been blowing me up about it.
He was.
Yeah, I’ll go.
Oh, he’s worried about his little baby dog.
Yeah. You want to ride down there with me, see some dogs?
Why, yes, I do.
Yes. That sounds good. You comin’?
Uh, I’m gonna shut my eyes a bit before I go and sit with Mama.
You go ahead.
Sounds like a plan.
All right then.
Come on.
[Maggie laughing]
[Paul] All right. After you.
[Maggie] Thank you, sir.
[Paul] Mmhmm.
Where’s that dog at? Bubba!
[Maggie] Bubba, baby, come on.
[Paul] Bubba! Hey.
[♪ Dramatic music playing]
[sniffles]
[sighs]
[sports announcer chattering on TV]
[sighs]
[exhales]
[dogs barking]
You hungry, Cash Money?
Yeah? Yeah? Let’s get you some food.
Oh, I forgot to tell you that I’m redoing your bedroom at the beach house.
So if you have any requests…
I’ve been sleeping real good in Aunt Elizabeth’s guest room.
Give me all the flower patterns.
[laughs]
Hey, don’t you tempt me.
[dogs barking]
[cell phone vibrates]
[chuckling]
[dogs barking]
Yeah, it’s not for you.
All right, Cash Money, yeah.
Yeah, I got you the good stuff.
Go on. Yeah, there it is.
Look at you beauties.
Oh.
[metal door rattling]
[dogs barking]
[cell phone vibrating]
[gunshot]
[gasps]
[dogs barking frantically]
Paul?
[gasping]
[gun cocks]
[gunshot]
What’s going on?
[barking]
Bubba?
[gasps]
Paul?
[gunshot] Ah!
[gasping]
Oh, God…
Ah!
[gasps]
[gunshot] [barking]
[gunshots]
[dogs barking frantically]
[barking continues]
[crickets chirping]
[TV announcer]
…free fall amount was $200,030.
Chris got three questions right, so that’s $20,000 for each one of those.
So if he signs the contract, that means you’re gonna go home with $260,030.
[crowd on TV cheering]
Miss Libby, here you go.
Why don’t you get a bowl and join us?
[laughs] No, sir, Mr. Alec.
Too much needs doing.
Who are you?
I’m Alec, Mama.
[♪ Somber music playing]
[crickets chirping]
[thunder rumbles]
Maggie?
Paw-Paw?
[clock ticking]
[Maggie’s voice] Hello, this is Margaret.
Leave me a message.
Hey, Mags, trying to get hold of you and Paw-Paw.
Give me a call. I’m at home.
[♪ Wistful music playing]
[Alex gasps]
[dogs barking]
[♪ Somber music playing]
[police radio chatter]
[car door opens]
[car door closes]
[officer] Whiskey Fox, Whiskey Mike.
I-I don’t have a gun.
Would you mind turning around for me, please, sir?
[Alex] Of course.
Thank you.
Just real quick.
You don’t know me. I’m unarmed.
[officer] Okay. Okay, yeah.
Sir, is this your wife and son?
And son.
[breathing heavily]
[crying]
It’s bad.
It’s bad. I-I done checked…
I checked their pulses.
My boy, he was in a boat wreck a while… Months back.
And he’s been receiving threats.
We didn’t think nothin’ of it.
But I just… I know someone…
I know that…
I know that that’s what this is.
[breathing heavily]
[police sirens approaching]
[Alex crying]
[dogs barking]
[sirens stop]
[dogs stop barking]
