Black Bird - Season 1 Edit

A bottle of birth control pills.

A bottle?

A boy she was seeing two, three years back

A bunch of us would get together and reenact famous Civil War battles.

A civil war general from around these parts, right?

A complete commutation of your sentence.

A cop?

A Dodge?

A fucking dog to play Frisbee with.

A gravedigger. Larry grew up on a graveyard.

A guy inside.

A harmless weirdo.

A hunting knife, coils of rope, a ski mask, gloves,

A lot of guys in here are cops' kids. Both sides of the bars

A lot of people call them sideburns, but the proper term is burnsides, yeah.

A machine is like a It's like a person, Mr. Burden.

A month.

A what?

A what?

A wife. Kids.

Abby, the

About the butterfly flapping its wings in Africa,

About the night he killed Jessica Roach.

After a certain point,

After leaving her job at a veterinary hospital

After we play 11 bone crushing, bloody, well executed games

Against Civil War and Revolutionary War reenactments.

Against his days off from janitorial work.

Ah, you look fine to me.

All I ask of the people I do business with is their authentic self.

All I ever do…

All I wanted to hear was the truth.

All kinds.

All right

All right, clothes go in there, bud.

All right, come on. My mother fucked around.

All right, I'm on it

All right, Larry, this is Georgetown right here, okay?

All right, let's go.

All right, lockdown.

All right.

All right. That's all our time for today

All right. What are you guys talking about?

All that shit Marion talked about Larry wasting their time the first time.

All you wanted to do was to close your fucking casebook.

Almost there.

Always looking out for him, never judging.

Always push it down.

Am I connected? No. No.

Am I?

And a 'Please Pray' missing persons poster for Tricia Reitler."

And a second.

And a steady paycheck.

And a third for our friendship.

And all those fields, they got things under 'em

And ask him all casual, "Hey, so where'd you bury 13 bodies?"

And befriend someone to elicit a confession.

And befriend this sick fucking puppy and get you what you want.

And don't get caught.

And explain why I wasted taxpayer money in a cratered economy

And farmlands and underneath factory skeletons where nobody ever goes,

And finished.

And got away with it for now

And have them call me ASAP.

And he buries those bodies so deep in forests

And he didn't do it.

And he doesn't have an ego that announces itself

And he dragged us all around, one cornfield to the next,

And he kills girls. Lots of them

And he might have been on the take,

And he spent his formative years digging graves

And he wasn't very helpful.

And he's very funny

And her zipper was broken where her jeans had been taken off of her.

And I asked around, and they all said the same thing.

And I don't know if I'm gonna be able to pull off

And I doubt you can, be a Gary to Larry Hall.

And I drove up and I stopped to talk to her.

And I kind of withered, I guess.

And I… and I get depressed, like, bad.

And I… I have a question.

And I'd think…

And I'll have an answer for you by the time you're back?

And I'm… charming.

And if he gets out, I won't know the next ones he kills.

And if you get the location of Patricia Reitler's body.

And if you stay in here, he don't got three.

And it won't have anything to do with me.

And it's as open and shut as I've seen in ten years.

And it's probably what causes the nightmares.

And Larry got… being Larry.

And months later there's a hurricane in Miami.

And Mr. Steinbeck,

And now you're in here, and it is killing him.

And on his vehicles.

And only

And pathologically eager to please,

And possession of multiple illegal firearms.

And put your name in the hat for the job.

And remember to lock up this time.

And resistant to his initial answers.

And said van is registered to

And sew your lips shut.

And she smiled at me.

And she was gonna scream.

And she'd love me forever.

And she's putting a hearing for the second appeal on the docket.

And small coins

And some in Indiana.

And successfully avoid the ones you don't know yet.

And sweat and semen. Earwax

And take another run at Hall?

And tell me what these dreams are like, Larry.

And that's the only time that we have to get you in there

And that's why I folded the clothes.

And the Battle of Stirling didn't take place

And the cemetery, you know.

And the feeling's only gotten worse since we dangled this carrot, correct?

And the girl struck me as a little dramatic.

And the Latin Kings? Black Guerrillas?

And the side of his face went all droopy

And then I had to tell her to never say anything…

And then I just maybe know a body shop

And then I'll just buy it for 20 and resell it for 35.

And then later in the field…

And then she wasn't?

And then the girl showed up.

And then the rats got to it,

And then you let him take my last fucking kilo out of my house?

And there better not be anybody on this team

And they tack on another ten fucking years to your sentence?

And this boiler, it was neglected for years.

And this is Forest Glen Park.

And this is the life I knew.

And this prison where the guy is?

And this would have been where the reenactment take place.

And two keys of blow

And we had to… take it.

And we were at her parents' house.

And we'll go from there.

And we're right across from each other, so…

And what I don't like is this guy in Marion

And what's this have to do with Hall?

And when you were driving around, do you remember talking to two girls?

And why do you trust Danny, man?

And you found his arrowhead in the pine needles?

And you just reeled in a serial killer.

And you know her name?

And you know Mr. Beaumont.

And you played chicken with us, and you lost.

And you think Larry Hall could have something to do with it?

And you were rewarded with her for life.

And you wish you had that? A woman who loved you.

And you're so bashful about it.

And, I can't quite remember

And, Jimmy, do not get any time added to your sentence, understand?

And, you know, he was creeping out girls in the area on more than one occasion.

And…

And… you've developed a sideline in here?

Answering a few questions.

Any Civil War reenactors have filed for permits in the last year?

Anybody heard from Danny?

Anyway. We were

Are you You're leaving now?

Are you saying you captured a serial killer?

As nasty as the house?

Ask yourselves, what kind of human being does that?

At least on the tapes I heard.

At the Kankakee house, in the basement, there's a center wall speaker for the TV

At the very least, it'll make unique reading material.

At trial, Mr. Hall's entire theory of defense

Attempted to call an expert witness in the field of false confession,

Audition's over. You got the role.

Awesome.

Backs out?

Bailiff.

Be like if you were asked to give up your own brother.

Beaumont will never forget it.

Because he didn't break the zipper, and he didn't feel bad about it.

Because he's a janitor who drives around in a van filled with chemical solvents

Because he's impressionable.

Because he's serving life

Because I don't believe I'll pass.

Because I manned 600 miles in over 100 hours working on Hall

Because you lost nothing!

Because you played f

Because you're a charming guy. Everyone likes you.

Before they were born.

Before. Someone should have called me. I'm his son.

Big tits, small tits?

Bingo. What's the other salient fact that made Hall such a competent killer?

Birth control pills with Rison's name?

Blondes or brunettes?

Bodily fluids, they all

Boiled down to a simple proposition.

Brian Miller.

Brian, what kind of guy?

Brian, you got a shot at slamming the door on this guy.

Bullshit!

Bureau would never approve it.

Burnsides. Generals wore them, back back then.

But be my guest, Brian.

But Dad, next time,

But good tits?

But he never said another word about the killings. Ever.

But he's also a serial killer and one doesn't cancel out the other

But he's harmless.

But he's not the same guy as he was the day before. Then, he was…

But he's not.

But how?

But Hulin just brought in an assassin, Edmund Beaumont.

But I could care less if my parents were

But I know the place for Larry Hall is here

But I like to drive.

But I like you, kid.

But I never said the job was yours.

But I was hoping that he would be at ease.

But if he moves too slowly, Hall walks into the free world,

But if it gets out that you're the second Jimmy pretending to be the first Jimmy…

But in 1987, Houston police say…

But it goes sideways?

But most folks who worked the case were sure he did it

But no progestin or anything found in birth control medication.

But no, I

But not killing women, right? That's more your thing.

But take a particularly hard look at Roach and Reitler.

But that morning, his eyes were bright.

But that's Larry. He's always trying to make himself look bigger than he is.

But the DA eventually dropped all charges for lack of evidence.

But then I think, "Nut up, pussy. You're Big Jim Keene's son

But then you settle back and just let them run their mouths.

But there wasn't.

But three years ago, a woman living in this house

But through the diligence of the officers you see behind me…

But to me, in my present circumstances, it's a lot. And I need it fast.

But until then, you good.

But we do have our guy in the Reitler case.

But we only tied him to two. And we only have one of the bodies.

But we wasted a day with this guy on the Reitler case.

But we're going to find a way.

But what do you like about them?

But what you're pleading guilty to today is the sale and trafficking of narcotics,

But you can go into PC or solitary.

But you did the smart thing today. You pled.

But you don't feel that's possible? You don't think women like you?

But you know.

But you seem to have grabbed it by the balls.

Buy 'em for 20. I can resell 'em for 35

Buys himself another van and a box of zip ties.

By all means, chat.

C'mon, tell him, Larry.

Cabrini Green bangers,

Can be hard sometimes to pass a field around Halloween, you know?

Can I get up now, please?

Can I talk to you outside?

Can I touch her?

Can't.

Carter.

Change?

Check the notes at the end of the report.

Chemical cleanser, Armor All, and denatured alcohol.

Chow's in ten.

Christ, Jimmy, you really were something.

Come on now.

Come on, Brooke!

Come on, Brookie!

Come on, Larry. Was a little more to it than that.

Come on, you can change inside.

Come on. Nothing's just about money, but they mostly are.

Comfortable people get cocky, and cocky people fuck up.

Company said no janitor they ever had cleaned half as good as Larry.

Cough.

Could I get a water, please?

Could you just do

Couldn't find a prescription for birth control medication in Rison's name.

Counsel, join me in chambers.

Course it does.

Cozy up to a fucking demon,

Cry! Motherfucker, do I look like a fucking remote con

Cut your throat if you're not.

Dad

Dad, I gotta roll.

Dad, if I don't come up with ten grand…

Dad, Jesus Christ.

Dad, look at me

Dad, look at me

Dad, no

Damn, Jimbo. What you get up to last night?

Danny can't be trusted, Dad

Danny stayed there that one weekend

Decided to appear like the strong, silent type.

Derek Johansen.

Derek's in with him now, shooting the shit.

Detective Drysdale, this is Brian Miller from Georgetown again.

Detective Miller, I appreciate your passion here. I do.

Detective Miller? Chris Drysdale.

Detective Russ Aborn, Brian Miller, with the Vermilion Sheriffs.

Detective?

Did you ever find the guy?

Did you exchange words with them?

Did you just call yourself "the kid"?

Did your mother come visit you yet?

Didn't you, Larry?

Discovered this pillow.

Disorienting

Do any of the women look like her?

Do I look like a fucking remote control to you?

Do y Do you?

Do you care what the girls think of you after?

Do you know what the Marion PD did

Do you like women, Jimmy?

Do you mind if I look over it for a bit?

Do you need anything? Water? Soda?

Do you not like me or something, man?

Do you remember the name "Larry Hall" in connection to the case?

Do you remember what your body is doing, Larry?

Do you think he did any of it?

Does your mother know how to change the oil?

Doesn't have to be like that."

Doing well.

Don't "Jimmy" me!

Don't approach Hall too early, or he'll know we sent you for him.

Don't fucking waste my time.

Don't get fresh with me.

Don't let the clock rule you.

Don't maim anyone.

Don't sweat it

Don't.

Dr. Ofshe's testimony would've gone to the heart of Mr. Hall's defense.

Drysdale too. And he is, okay? He is

Dude, I wanna help you.

Due to a personality disorder that makes him susceptible to suggestion

Edward the Longshanks did not die on the same day as William Wallace,

Else Or Or else what?

Else, I'll see you at 10:00.

Embrace that concept.

Empty your pockets.

Essentially, Gary drank crucial parts of Larry

Even after you say you fucking did it.

Every crevice is infected, every valve, every locknut.

Everyone in that unit is medicated

Everything.

Ex cop

Except…

F Fuck.

Fair enough.

Federal.

Fellas. No contact.

Fight one asshole early or all of 'em later.

Figure out a way to move it in here

Final answer?

Fine. I'll take the fucking pills

First ERT guy said, to his expert nose, it smells like three things.

First time I get less than straight A's, then it's an issue.

First week's the toughest.

Five

Five.

Follow me.

Follow me.

For a crime no one was looking at him for

For a crime no one's even looking at him for?

For a decade leading up to his arrest.

For the deaths of as many as four more young women.

For the minimum guideline term of 120 months.

For you to have,

For your trouble.

Forget how I'm doing. How you doing?

Found trace amounts of Accutane, some acetaminophen, some THC.

Found witnesses, even a picture

Four with good behavior.

Four! Window four, all done.

Fresh vegetables and lean cuts of meat?

Friday nights? Football.

From Mississippi's winding stream And from New England's shore

From Mississippi's winding stream…

Fuck are you talking about?

Fuck him, he should have.

Fuck is this, Jimbo?

Fuck it. Let's do it.

Fuck me.

Fuck your sandbox.

Fuck, man!

Fuck.

Fucking look at me!

Fucking terrifying

Fucking thing.

Further, several aspects of the confession,

Further, the interrogating officer in his initial confession

Gary also once told me

Gary got me a lawyer.

Gary is Larry's biggest defender.

Gary says that sometimes they're wet

Gary too?

Gary, I'm gonna need you to take two steps back.

Gary, yeah

Gary?

Gas could corrode the tank.

Georgetown, about 130 miles down the road.

Get captain's chairs in there, some carpet or…

Get Hall to tell you where he buried those bodies, and we will get you out.

Get the fuck out of here. My parents were from the Marianella.

Give further credence to a state of mind that was suggestible.

Given not one, not two, but three fucking scholarship offers.

Glad to meet you, Mr. Hall.

Go and check him out.

God, it doesn't matter.

God.

Going right.

Good chatting.

Good night.

Good to know.

Got a question about a van

Great.

Grew up in Wisconsin.

Guards don't like demands much

Guilty.

Guys like that, oof.

Half an hour before he enters a fucking room.

Hall confessed to a crime that we know he didn't do.

Hall doesn't like his either.

Hall spooks. End of story.

Hall was a janitor.

Hall would smell him out.

Hands, motherfucker! Hands!

Hang in there.

Hard to know a man's heart.

Has he said anything about the murders?

Has killed 14 women, maybe more.

Have a seat

Have you had a look at the menu, sir?

Have you seen anyone about that?

Haven't locked them down yet.

He He's easy to talk to

He also asked if they wanted to take a ride with him.

He came in from the yard last week talking funny, you know,

He can't talk all the way right, and he walks kinda to the side.

He claimed he could take them to a body. Patricia Reitler's.

He confessed in a missing persons case?

He confessed to a crime that he did not commit.

He confessed to that, but he didn't do it.

He confessed. He told a great story.

He did the same thing with us in the Reitler case.

He didn't do it.

He didn't fill me with an overwhelming sense of confidence.

He didn't fold the clothes, did he?

He didn't fold the clothes.

He don't got ten years.

He ever mix the truth in with those lies?

He got all my nutrients and whatnot and grew big and strong…

He got beat up a bunch in school.

He grew up digging graves?

He grew up with a mom and dad who were odd.

He has, Your Honor.

He is, Your Honor.

He just asked if he should contact a lawyer.

He just is. He's a twerpy kinda guy.

He just likes confessing to cops.

He just likes to talk.

He lies just to get a reaction.

He lies. He steals. He hoards

He looks at me, not through me

He looks bigger.

He said he got jacked up by some Nicaraguans or Ecuadorians,

He said that he had a headache.

He seemed pretty upset.

He stepped out right about here.

He stole from me.

He sure is.

He told me that.

He told me you got some way of getting out of here earlier than the ten years.

He up and did a pointless, horrible thing

He used to be state's. Tried a ton of capital crimes.

He used to say,

He was a bad father. Didn't do his job.

He was a football player in high school

He was at a Civil War reenactment in Ohio. Few hundred miles away

He was in the hospital for a few days, but now he's out.

He was somebody.

He was white. That's about all I saw.

He was young.

He went to sit down, but he missed the chair.

He'd been convicted of molesting Rayna when she was 12.

He'll He'll be out in the world.

He'll take care of you if you are.

He's "full of shit." I know.

He's about the best guy you can know in here

He's big

He's gone.

He's just He's so desperate, you know? For attention.

He's not good at all, no.

He's only worth three kilos?

He's our fucking guy.

He's our guy.

He's pretty relaxed with them.

He's really weak, and he tires.

He's so modest.

He's weird as shit, but he's harmless.

He's your father.

He's… uh

Hell, who'd listen to me anyways, right?

Hello, are you still there?

Hello?

Hence, prison

Her blood was on her jeans,

Her last name?

Here we go, Larry.

Here you go.

Here.

Here's the real play. Watch this shit.

Here's where it all started to go sideways for me.

Here's your competition, Jimmy.

Hey, Brian.

Hey, Chris.

Hey, cool guy, keep dicking around here.

Hey, I, uh, heard The Chin took a shining to ya.

Hey, it was four, actually.

Hey, it's good to meet you.

Hey, Jason!

Hey, Jim, I need you over here for a bit.

Hey, Jim.

Hey, Larry.

Hey, Larry. Take it easy.

Hey, Len. You filed a report a couple of weeks ago

Hey, nice meeting you, Larry.

Hey, this is Brian Miller over at the Sheriff's Department,

Hey, why'd that guy get so upset the other day?

Hey! You got a visitor.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey. Take it easy, all right?

Hey. You were right

Hi. Detective Miller. I have a 10:00 a.m. with Drysdale.

His conviction's on appeal. He could win and walk.

His dick could have drilled hole in granite.

His life is worth three times what you lost,

His name is Jimmy?

His own brother calls him a serial confessor

His poor Jimmy doing time because he was a bad father.

History. Just gotta dig it up

Hiya, Jimmy.

Hmm. Cause of death strangulation?

Hmm. Yeah, I miss October, November smells

Holy shit.

Hopefully, tomorrow.

How about freedom?

How am I supposed to come up with ten grand in here?

How are you gonna do that, Jimmy?

How can you do homework like that?

How did you know the shortage was on my end?

How do you feel about today? Good?

How do you know all this shit?

How do you know?

How Italian?

How long to fix?

How many have there been?

How the fuck do I know?

How was week one?

How were they rude?

How you doing?

How?

How'd he strike you?

How'd she die? It's blacked out.

How'd you get him to tell that story you wanted to hear?

How'd you get in? It's not visiting day.

How's it coming?

How's that work?

How's your memory?

However, there was a Revolutionary War.

Huh

Hulin likes you?

Hustler. Penthouse. Barely Legal.

Hygiene matters.

I

I [stammering]

I I don't know. I never met her. I just thought that was the deal.

I We [stammers] I mean, we gotta eat

I already did.

I asked for directions. They were very rude.

I asked if you were interested.

I bet that will explain it.

I came here today to be compensated if there had been some kind of mistake,

I can chill with a woman in a way I never could with a dude.

I can hold the camera.

I can just be.

I can't remember which ones I hurt.

I can't take a piss without her asking me what color it is.

I can't take that.

I can't tell you exactly.

I can't think any other way. I absolutely fucking cannot.

I checked every pharmacy for 75 miles.

I couldn't have…

I did

I did look over the Jessica Roach file last night.

I did. It was all in fun.

I didn't do this.

I didn't get a good look at him. He hopped in a van and drove off.

I didn't have time to bury her,

I didn't stalk anyone.

I didn't.

I do

I do enjoy having a good chat

I do remember where it was exactly. It was just past mile marker 16 on 1125.

I do.

I do.

I don't know how anyone does time in a place like this

I don't know, Dad. How are you?

I don't know, maybe.

I don't know, small and meek. Sad.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know. I feel like it should be

I don't like that skin.

I don't understand.

I forget my keys, a lot. You know, shit like that.

I forgot.

I found a motel that rents by the week

I fucked you up. I fucked up.

I fucking planned it.

I gave them to Danny to sell

I get scared

I go there, check the pipes and whatnot.

I go to work alone. I go to bed alone.

I got a shipment of bean bags.

I got black belts in karate and tae kwon do,

I got great lawyers.

I got medical bills, the businesses, the the house. It all adds up

I got sisters.

I got up on a ladder.

I gotta go to court to get it?

I gotta treat you like a scumbag again, man. Sorry.

I grew up with him.

I guess it was one town over. The same county.

I guess we're doing it again.

I had no idea.

I had to have my sister drive two hours to watch him so I could come and tell you.

I had to sit in front of a budget committee six months later

I have a guy I'd like to use for the poly.

I have a guy inside with Hall.

I have a picture of Hall and the witnesses

I have nightmares all the time,

I have to disagree with you here.

I hear you're making a real go of prison.

I I I need to keep my mind, you know, active.

I just can.

I just do things.

I just have a lot of dreams from killing them.

I just kind of…

I just piss in the bucket. Always seemed to do the trick

I just told you.

I just wish you liked her more.

I kept telling you, but you kept pushing.

I know because my guy told me. And I trust my guy, Danny.

I know it was a Dodge, for sure.

I know it's a plan.

I know that there's a Hardee's

I know you did, Dad.

I know you like him for some dead girl in your town,

I know.

I know.

I like that.

I like this.

I like to find these old junkers people got rusting beneath a tree

I like vans.

I like… their softness.

I love 'em.

I mean, I think so, yeah. Like around there.

I mean, I've never been light before.

I mean, normally I bury all of them.

I might be sad about it, but…

I need a confession form and a computer.

I needed to get right with Bern's people.

I never knew this girl.

I never met a drug dealer yet who didn't have rainy day cash tucked away somewhere.

I never said Danny could stay in my house

I never wanted this for you.

I only remember that it's something bad.

I practice the rhythm method.

I presumed someone meant to write "pack," or "case."

I read up on you.

I remember there was a Hardee's right around here.

I remember you don't like "Jimbo."

I ruled Hall out

I said there was a Revolutionary War reenactment though.

I said, "It's yellow." "Yeah, but dark or light?"

I said, he's a harmless weirdo.

I searched every inch of all three speakers.

I see you're quite generous with a few local charities.

I still wanted it for you.

I stole your key, man.

I talked to some of the guys.

I thank you, my good man.

I think we come from different types of family.

I think you already picked me for the job.

I think you're making it up

I think.

I thought she was.

I thought you were coming with us.

I thought, "Shit, I better cover my ass here."

I tried to work some grit in, like sand, you know?

I turn my inventory over a lot.

I used a flashlight.

I used to get 'em too.

I wanna go home now.

I wanna go home, Chris.

I wanna make sure everyone continues to know you as Jimmy the gunrunner.

I wanna take another look at all the cases Hall's a suspect in,

I want you to remember who you were at eight.

I wanted a totally different deal.

I was a cop for 23 years.

I was a janitor back home

I was telling him to tell someone on the outside to take care of his car

I was younger,

I was.

I watched them. They never touched those speakers

I will never forget it.

I would never dream of hurting two girls.

I…

I…

I'd get the girl.

I'd like to hear about a couple of 'em.

I'll accept the transfer

I'll bet you do.

I'll call him in here, and I'll get us a room.

I'll find these little junkers that are rusted underneath a tree

I'll get over it.

I'll let my bosses know you're amenable to a transfer

I'll need to reach out to him.

I'll see you in a month or so.

I'll set it up.

I'll set you up in the bullpen.

I'm a mechanic. I know a Dodge when I see one.

I'm afraid to sleep.

I'm always tired, you know, and sad.

I'm back.

I'm Chief Investigator.

I'm dead

I'm glad you've made yourself available.

I'm going through every phone call made from the Hall house

I'm gonna be at that motel ten miles away!

I'm gonna check on my mother.

I'm gonna fucking die in here

I'm gonna kill him

I'm gonna know you opened your mouth.

I'm in court all week.

I'm Jimmy, by the way.

I'm kinda looking down on myself, like I'm not in my body.

I'm Larry. Just call me Larry.