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Sundays, man.
Gotta love 'em
The hookers, the crackheads
and the bangers,
all home sleepin' off
their Saturday nights.
Nothin' left to do but kick
back with a beignet
and watch the
pickpockets work.
Nice attitude.
You gonna eat that
whole bag yourself?
I'm saving the rest
for Ayana and Tawni.
We're having brunch
in a bit.
Well, why don't you
take off, man?
Go and see them.
I'll cover you
for the rest
of the shift.
No, no, man, they're
in church till noon.
So meet 'em.
Surprise 'em.
Oh.
You and church.
I don't see you
takin' communion.
I got my beliefs.
What are you, a
Jew-Bu-Bap or something?
A what?
Jewish Buddhist Baptist.
You know, people got a kinds
of crazy notions nowadays.
We were talking about you.
Okay, truth is,
God wants me right here,
watching over your troubled ***.
If you're my guardian angel,
Boulet,
I got a lot more problems
than I thought.
Cobb, Boulet, chug your coffee
and pick up.
We're here, Cap.
What's up?
Dispatch kicked us a 911 call.
Shots fired at St.
Lazarus-
inside the church.
St.
Lazarus?
Anybody down?
We don't know yet, but 911's
still on with the caller,
a Dwayne Mills.
He was just passing by
when he heard two gunshots.
Right in the middle
of Sunday Mass?
According to Mills,
no one's come out
for, uh, seven minutes now.
I'm thinking
a hostage situation.
The team is on its way.
Okay, we'll meet 'em there.
Well, there goes
our day of rest.
I don't know.
Maybe, maybe I'm wrong.
It sounded like gunfire, and
And no one's come out.
You're sure.
I took cover
behind that car
and kept my eyes
on those doors
till the second
you guys arrived.
Why don't you go over there
and get some information
Glue Boy!
You got the blueprints
for this place?
Ah no.
All right, look.
There's five rooms
off the chapel,
each opening into a courtyard.
The big metal doors leading
to that are usually locked.
Now, they're on
Lyle and DeVoie.
There's two rear entrances:
one that leads to the
back chapel; one leads
to the administrative offices.
What?
This is my family church.
I grew up in this place.
Is Tawni and
Ayana in there?
that what's going on?
No, no, man,
they're clear across town,
at St.
Joseph's.
We don't go here no more.
Do you guys hear that?
'Scuse us, folks.
We're sorry.
No, we're not.
Marlin Boulet?
I always hoped you'd walk
back through that door.
Maybe not armed
for war, but
You shut your mouth,
'cause I'm not "back.
"
We're here responding
to shots fired.
Shots fired?
Yeah.
Well, we've been
in Mass since 9:00.
in silent prayer.
We would've heard something.
Marlin Boulet, why don't
you have a little respect?
Talkin' to Father Dennehy
like that in front of all of us.
Why don't you stay out
of this, My-Ann.
I have a good mind to call
your captain and report you.
Do it.
Hush up.
No, she's right.
He can't come in here
after all this time
and ruin our Mass.
No, no, no, Yasmine.
The police are here
to protect us, so we're
gonna hear them out.
Boulet, this could
just be a false call.
sit down! Now!
Put your hands
where we can see them!
Do it!
Sit down!
All right, let's start
securing the doors!
Search 'em for weapons!
Let's go! Move!
Oh, God.
That's the deacon.
Let's go!
What was this
you were saying
about making a mistake?
Make sure you check
ery prayerbook holder
and under the pew.
'Cause there's a killer
in this church.
Hey, Marlin.
Marlin, look.
Where'd you get that?
Brought it from home.
You stupid? If Mama
finds out, we're both
gonna get whupped.
Give it here.
The Boulet brothers.
I didn't even have
to look down, now, did I?
Marlin was chang me,
Deacon Smith.
It's all his fault.
Why don't we let your
mother sort it out?
rod!
I was hoping to
start communion
before my hair
fell out.
Maybe you could, uh, give
Mary-Ann a hint to wrap it up?
Of course, Father,
but it's just
these two are
Causing trouble again?
I'll handle them.
You take the choir.
Let me see it.
Boys, before I was
a priest, was a cop,
and before I was a cop,
I was a brother.
I saw you two scrapping
over something.
Hand it over.
Please don't tell our mom.
I'll tell you what.
I'll put this
in a safe place.
When I see you two sit
through an entire Mass,
start to finish,
that's when I'll give it back.
Until then, it'll be
our little secret.
Don't smile.
Peace be with you.
Get out of here.
You're clear.
Go stand
with the rest of them.
I led a search-and-clear
of every room.
There's nobody hiding out.
Yeah, they're hiding here
in plain sight.
Everybody's clean.
Well, you might want
to rephrase that.
There's nothing in any
of the pyerbook slots6
and there's nothing
under any of those pews.
The *** weapon's here,
we just might
have to tear the place
apart to find it.
Fine by me.
I gotta say, Tom
I'm disappointed.
I mean, I'm really
disappointed.
A painter's tarp?
You're ex-police, man.
That the best you can do
to hide a body?
But, since you're
the boss in here,
I'll let you tell me
first what went down.
From my time on the force,
I seem to recall something
about a right to remain silent.
As I recall, you were
really good at that.
But don't worry.
You're not under arrest.
Yet.
All right!
Listen up!
The Ladies' Auxiliary bake sale
has been postponed
due to violent ***.
Now, you can check in
with Mary-Ann Usher
for the new dates.
So
let's make a deal.
Whoever talks to me first,
that's who I'll go easy on.
You can't just say nothing.
Can I get a witness?
llelujah! Hallelu!
Well, since
you're not witnesses,
you're all suspects.
And nobody's leaving
until somebody talks.
That went well.
Seriously, Marlin,
have you ever seen anything
like this before
I've read about
this kind of stuff.
There's, like, group hysteria.
It's like mob mentality.
Please.
No, he's right.
These people have probably
known each other forever.
Most of their lives.
Right.
So none of them
want to talk,
step outside
of the group.
So I tell you what.
I say wehin the herd.
Break them down
one by one.
Let's do it.
rcus.
Come here.
Nice out here,
ain't it, Marcus?
Fresh air.
Hey.
How's Beth?
She's good.
Yeah, she looks
good, too-
just like I remember.
Now, me and you,
on the other hand
Now, tell me, who
shot Jarod again?
Let's call this
what it really is: harassment.
Harassment?
Maybe you didn't see
that dead body under your altar.
So why else would I want
to come in here
on a Sunday and harass you?
Not you.
Your partner, Marlin.
You know, I noticed
there was some friction
between Marlin and your priest,
and if you don't want
to talk about the deacon,
maybe we should talk about that.
Like you don't know?
Boulet and I
have not been partners
very long.
Besides, I'd like to hear
your side of the story.
I don't really have a side.
No one really knows
what happened
between Marlin
and Father Tom,
just that it had to do with
Troy, and that it ended bad,
right here in church
in front of everybody,
and that Marlin has
always held a grudge.
Who's Troy?
Troy Boulet, Marlin's brother.
Boulet has a brother?
Had a brother.
He's gone now.
Are you sure you're his partner?
Shooter was probably
standing right here.
In full view of everyone.
Well, he's got
a welt on his cheek,
a cut over his eye.
Shirt's ripped at the neck.
There was probably a fight
before shots were fired.
Unless he was kicked
after he died.
I don't think so.
What is th?
It's an earring.
Our deacon took a piece
of the killer.
Guess we're looking
for a bloody ear.
Tell me some truth.
Catch me up on church.
Where is everybody today?
You're looking at us.
We're all that's left.
After Katrina, most
of the congregation
abandoned this place, just
like theabandoned the city.
How y'all surviving?
We're not.
We already found a buyer
for this property.
Sell the church?
Oh, no, the Faer Tom I know
would need to be
dragged up out of here.
Man, he fought to get
assigned here, to stay here,
and I know he fought to prect
this place in the storm.
He surely did.
So if somebody
came here
with an offer to buy,
he would give them
a Hail Mary, two Our Fathers,
and a boot in their ***
out the door.
I would ha done the same
So why lie about
finding a buyer?
Deacon Smith found the buyer.
I'm not lying about this.
Oh.
So Jarod found the buyer, huh?
That must have raised an
objection with good old Tom.
It raised an objection
from all of us.
Hey.
We think we
found something.
We checked everyone again.
Nobody missing an earring,
nobody with a bloody ear.
Which is what led us back here
and that's when we spotted
the blood trail.
CSU would have found
it eventually.
Whenever they decide
to show up.
Where's it lead to?
Rear chapel exit.
There's blood on the cement
right outside.
The 911 caller said
no one came out front,
but he wasn't watching the back.
Very nice, y'all.
Very nice
letting us believe that
the killer was still in here.
Giving Mr.
or Ms.
Bloody Ear
I shld say something.
a fat head start.
It isn't right.
It ain't right.
Stop.
God knows it ain't right!
Hazel, please, you don't
have to Shh! Shh!
They need to know
Sean is a good boy.
Sean who?
He never meant no harm.
Sean who?
Hazel
Answer me.
Sean who?
Sean Rieger!
Now leave her
alone, Marlin.
Leave us all alone.
Who is he?
We're going to call it in.
iean William Rger.
Doesn't look like
the church-going type to me.
He's been in and out of juvie
since he was, uh, 13.
He's got a tattoo of a sun
on his chest,
and he does have earrings,
at least in this mug shot.
You got a last known address?
I got annt in Algiers
and he drives
a '98 silver compact.
Copy that.
Why don't you guys take that.
It was
your blood trail.
Okay.
A punk.
A criminal.
Something just doesn't
sound right now, does it?
I don't understand
all this protection,
all this love for a criminal.
Who is Sean Rieger to you?
Marlin
That's Officer Boulet.
Marlin, maybyou and I
should go someplace and talk
No, we can talk right here.
Right now.
I want to know
who Sean Rieger is,
why he killed the deacon
and why are you keeping
silent for him,
and I want you to tell me
in front of all these people.
It's not what you really want.
Don't tell me what I want.
Fine.
I'll tell you
whatever you want to hear
after you let these people go.
So what are you?
You Moses now?
They're hot.
They're tired.
They've been through a lot
I don't care!
u don't talk,
you don't leave!
You're tired.
You're hot.
You pass out.
Good!
Because I will
stand here
until I crack you.
Come on, Boulet, pull it back.
What do you mean pull it back?
Man, this man's lying to
my face.
Let's go.
Come on.
He's laughing at us.
Man, what, are we not cops now?
Is that what
this is about?
Huh?
Being cops?
Because it fee a
little more personal
to me, Boulet.
What are you
talking about?
I'm talkinabout
your brother Troy.
Troy.
I never told you about Troy.
No, I know.
I had to hear about him from a
suspect during an interrogation.
Not the way I really wanted
to hear about it either.
You ain't heard about it because
it ain't none of your business.
If we get accused of brutality
or false imprisonment,
that becomes my business.
False imprisonment?
Of these fools?
We got a suspect.
We have everyone's
na and number.
And if we want to subpoena
them later, then we can.
Now I'm not a lawyer,
but even I can make an argument
for why we should
let them go right now,
especially if
the reason
why we're holding them
is because you got
a personal grudge
against the priest.
So you better level with me,
Boet.
What's the deal
between you and Dennehy?
What's the deal?
The deal is
he killed my brother.
She get any bigger, she gonna
flip that bed right over
and have me rolling
right on top of her.
That's that's how the damag
got done in the first place.
Got to tie yourself down.
Oh, man, we both going to hell.
You know I came here
about something, right?
It's Troy, Tom.
He called me the other day, man.
He just wasn't sounding good.
And when
I got to him,
when I found him,
he was at a crackhouse, man,
on Rocheblave.
What shape was he in?
That's just it.
He
I know it's hard to watch,
Marlin.
Your mother was in here
last week.
Broke down right
where you're sitting.
I didn't realize
it had gotten that bad.
It has.
It's not just drugs now, man.
It's other stuff,
stuff that our mom
couldn't even imagine,
which is a blessing,
I guess, maybe.
What happens when he tries
to rob the wrong guy?
or get himself into the mess
that I can't get him out of?
Friday night after Mass,
can you get Troy here?
Oh, no, man.
For one of those group things?
Intervention?
No, no, no, no, I'm not going
to trick my brother
into coming
to some weird amsh.
He will not feel that way
when he feels the love
in the room, Marlin.
Tom.
I know.
I know it sounds corny.
As a cop, I'd have
never believed it.
At first, height feel
like you tricked him
but eventually,
he'll thank you for it,
and I'll tell you something:
you can save his life.
What really happened, Boulet?
He didn't kill
your brother.
You wouldn't quit
until you took him down.
No, he killed him.
Might as well
took the knife to him himself,
but that's between me
and Dennehy.
No way, man.
You can't drop
a bomb like that
and then walk away from it.
e you
telling me
that you're not going
to say anything now?
Is that what you're doing?
Hey, the *** we need
to focus on
is the one right in front of us.
And talk
a bomb drop-
there was bad blood between
Deacon Smith and Dennehy.
I just found out
that Smith was trying
to sell the church right out
from under the good Father.
So you think
Dennehy's the killer now.
I didn't when I walked in.
But think about it.
Who's a whole congregation
going to clam up for?
A punk thug
or the father of their flock
who defended this place
in the storm.
Right here, Apartment 1-D.
That's his car.
He's probably inside.
Clear.
Clear.
His car's out front,
so he's probably on foot.
Let's get trolmen through the
area- 20-block perimeter, huh?
Ouch.
That can't be feeling good.
You know, I used to wear
an earring in high school.
Nice smile, this kid.
This must be his girl.
Or fianc�e.
Check it out.
"Sean, it's not you.
It's me.
"Just know that, okay?
I'm sorry, Shania.
"
A woman of few words.
Return address on the envelope
says 245 Lionel.
What's yr bet that's
where he's hiding out?
Times been hard, haven't they?
Must kill you to s
that big beautiful chapel
with just a smattering
of people on a Sunday.
Sure depress me.
The size of the congregation
doesn't matter.
God loves His children
just the same.
Yeah, but paying
the rent's a ***.
The church you love,
defended with your life
what it must have felt like
when you found out
that Jarod Smith,
your second-in-command,
was trying to sell it
right out from under you.
Move you all
to another parish.
I just might hate the man.
God loves His children
wherever they are.
Not exactly
a denial.
Nor a confession.
Let's move.
Ayana.
Okay, I don't get it.
You call me down here to talk
face to face about my husband,
but you won't let me
in to see him.
It's a crime scene, Ayana.
I can't let you in.
It's also Marlin's old church,
which he hates.
It's got to be stressing him
out just to be in there.
That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.
I need to know about Troy
and how he died.
Oh, my God, Marlin.
Ayana, I'm worried
that his stress
is getting in the way
of our job,
and I'm probably going to have
to pull him off.
He's not talking,
and that's why I'm asking you.
Troy g shot.
January 2000 he got shot
trying to rob
a convenient store.
I'm sorry to hear that.
He was always
in and out of trouble,
but nobody expected it
to end like that.
All right, now what's this
have to do with Father Dennehy?
Marlin wouldn't say.
ter Troy died,
we left here
and went to St.
Joseph's.
And I tried to get him
to talk about it, but
Tom was such a good friend.
He helped Troy get clean,
but Marlin was stubborn.
Well, you know.
Yeah, I know.
Maybe we should try
to get him out of there.
Sorry.
One second.
Glue Boy.
Hey, man, I think we've got
a line on Rieger.
He had a girlfriend who died.
Shania Duplessis.
D- U-P-L-E-S
Shania?
Oh, man.
Did you know her, Marlin?
Marlin?
I stole all the money
from my grandma's purse.
Well, boo-hoo for you, Shania.
I mean, come on, I can't
listen to this all night long.
Troy.
Let her finish.
Took it all and went
out and got high.
She raised me, Troy.
And I put her through that.
That and a whole lot more.
Till I listened
to Father Dennehy
and let the church
help me get clean.
Well, I ain't you, Shania.
Whatever I'm doing,
I make sure it's my business.
Come on, Troy.
You're not very
convincing saying that.
There's no way you believe it.
Look, we're the people
closest to you.
You screw up your life,
you take us all
down with you.
So, what, I'm supposed
to change my ways
'cause of all the guilt
I'm feeling?
I ain't ask none of
you for nothing.
Yeah.
And you've given us
nothing, too,
the last couple of years.
But here we are, Troy,
reaching out to you,
taking our punishment,
hiding how much it hurts
when you don't live up.
And, Troy,
the clarinet,
why'd you stop playing?
Remember, you would come over,
we would go up to the rooftop.
Those were gootimes.
We need to do that again.
How many times I ask you
to come work at the store?
I wasn't just talking.
I mean it.
I want my little brother
back, T,
'cause that's the person
that I love.
And I feel I lost him.
I want that smart-***
that I grew up with,
the man that he grew into.
Not half a man.
Not this.
We're your family, Troy.
You feel lost, you lean on us.
Not that junk.
Us.
I'll tell you what.
I'll put this in a safe place.
Hey, Tom
why don't you open it
for me right now.
Why, Marlin?
Not satisfied yet with
your level of blasphemy?
When we were kids,
you took our water gun.
We followed you and
saw where you put it.
We hid right over there
in the alcove.
Now, I'm asking you
to open that up
or I'll break it open.
Well, look-a-here.
Look-a-here.
d I'm the one
guilty of blasphemy?
What's this, Tom?
Hmm?
So then we went to
the girlfriend's house
thinking she might be
hiding him.
She's not 'cause
she's dead.
Dead?
Yeah.
When we got there, there were
flowers all over the stoop,
candles, cards.
No sign of Sean.
Shania Duplessis.
died ten days ago.
Accident, crashed into
a retaining wall.
an's car is still
at his place.
So we searching
the vicinity?
Yeah.
No one's spotted him.
Wait a sec, wait.
Says here Shania was buried
at Sycamore Groves.
Terrific.
You get an A in reading.
No, I'm saying
that cemetery
like three blocks
from Sean's place.
And that might've helped us
if the funeral had been today.
No, hold up now.
Glue Boy's got a point.
If Sean did go to the cemetery,
all those mausoleums,
our patrols wouldn't be able
to see him from the street.
Let's take a ride.
Hey, Cap.
Don't move, man!
Hiding
the *** weapon
in the Holy Sacrament.
How much further do we go, huh?
How much ugliness
do I have to uncover
before you
tell me the truth?
You don't understand what's
going on here, Marlin.
I don't?
Well, why don't you tell me,
Marcus.
Because I was baptized
in this church.
I got married in this church.
I am one of you.
So I deserve to know.
You stopped being one of us
years ago, when you left.
Deserted like all
the others.
Cobb.
Hey
I am not a deserter.
That'srue.
Marlin left
because he felt he
had to.
Who asked you?
I don't need you
to defend me.
Boulet.
What?
They got Sean Rieger.
He confessed to the
killing of the Deacon.
You ain't changed
one bit, have you?
Keepin' people's secrets
when you deem it right.
Like God appnted you.
Boulet
I am longer a kid
with a water gun.
I am a cop.
And the trouble
that Sean's in
just got a whole
lot worse
on account of you tryin'
to help him.
No, he's not.
What was that?
Sean didn't do it.
He's protecting me,
just like everybody else.
You were right, Marlin.
I killed Jarod Smith
, man, you're killin'
me killin' me!
Stop your cryin'.
You should've learned
by now, Boulet,
never underestimate
a man of God.
And you, Father,
should never underestimate
a dark horse.
Bet on black.
Mate in three.
Mm-hmm.
Damn it.
Yeah.
That's my little bro.
Beatin' up on a priest.
That's the price he pays
for getting me sober.
I'm not exactly
a slouch, here.
I gave you a run forour money.
Whatever makes you feel better,
Father T.
Ooh.
All right,
pride comes
before the fall.
Amen.
Preach it.
Mm-hmm.
Show me.
What?
Show me.
'Cause I don't
believe a word
that comes out h.
of y
Please, Marlin, don't
Do it.
That way, everybody
can get back
to their Sunday.
We had
come down off the altar.
Jarod didn't want to argue
in front of everyone,
but I said no.
I said,
I wanted him
to stand his ground
and admit what he did.
We argued.
It quickly escalated
into a shouting match,
and I think
I may have been the first one
to push, but
he pushed back.
And before I knew it,
we were striking each other.
The next thing I know
Sean Rier is here,
trying to break it up,
pulling us apart.
Okay, let's try
it again.
Why did you kill Deacon Smith?
He was a ***.
He deserved to die.
And why did he deserve to die?
Because.
I'm sure glad I'm not defending
you in court, Sean.
The "because" motive is a little
hard to whip up sympathy for.
I don't need your sympathy!
And I don't need
no defense.
You want to put me on death row?
Do it.
Sean was trying
to restrain Jarod.
That's when Jarod must have
grabbed Sean's earring
I mean,
we all heard the scream,
saw the blood.
Sean fell to the floor
and grbed his ear
and a gun dropped out
of his waistband.
No one knew he even had one
until right then.
And it slid across
the floor,
anstopped in
front of me,
right there.
I grabbed it,
stood up,
and without thinking
I fired it.
So is that what happened?
Is that the truth
and nothing
but the truth?
Yes.
That's what happened.
Hey, Cap, it'se.
I may need you to do a favor.
You still got Rieger
in custody?
I'm gonna need you to bring him
to the church.
I'm gonna need him to confirm
a little story.
No
I ain't doing this! No!
I get why you don't want
to be here now.
But what
I don't get
is why you were here
in the first place.
Well, come on over here,
little gangster boy.
Sean.
We're gonna have us
Sean, a little
show-and-tell, all right.
I already told them I did it.
Don't fall on my account.
Okay, shut up.
Right here.
Now, Sean, did Father
Dennehy do that?
Sean!
Yeah, he
It was him.
Okay.
Now
He already told
his story.
Now it's your turn.
The deacon and the priest,
they were fighting, right?
Yeah, they were,
they were fighting.
'Cause Father Dennehy,
he got promoted to bishop,
and the deacon got jealous.
That's right.
That's right, he w jealous.
You stepped in to
break it up, right?
Yeah.
So, I-I-I grabbed
the deacon
and I was like,
yo, man, it-it ain't worth it!
And deacon started throwing
down, so I hit back.
He tore my earring
straight off
and I went down.
My-my glock slid
out of reach.
Preacher picked it up
and blasted twice.
Well, at least we know now
what parts are true.
These guys didn't have time
to conspire on those details.
What?
We know you're
lying, Sean.
Wait, man, I, look
Hey.
I know why you did what you did.
Believe me, understand you.
I knew Shania
real well.
Shwas an addict.
A junkie at the age of 14.
But she came to this church
to get clean, rit?
Right?
Isn't that right, Hazel?
She trusted him.
And so wld I,
and so would you.
But I bet you
anything she was high
when she drove her
car into that wall.
Marlin Marlin! She was
using again, wasn't she?
She was usg again and she told
him, and he didn't tell you.
He kept that information
from you, and she's dead!
What did you do? You found
the dope, too, didn't you?
Marlin, she wasn't high!
And this isn't about you.
Your fight's with me.
If you want payback for what
I did, now's your chance.
Arrest me.
Got your call, Lieutenant.
Where is he?
Oh, God.
Troy, look at me.
Your eyes are dilated.
Are you high?
Are you high right now?
It's okay.
No, it's not okay.
You were shot trying
to rob a convenience store.
I'm your brother.
Why didn't you come
to me for help?
We gotta move him.
It's okay.
I'm I'm going to Heaven.
I I confessed.
I'll be safe.
Confessed?
What are you talking about?
Father said
he'd pray for me.
What? What?
Sorry I screwed up, big bro.
Guess I always do, don't I?
Sh Troy
Come on, come on.
I'm right here, okay, Troy?
I'm right here with you,
brother- hold on!
In our reading for today,
verse 11.
"That ye love one another
as I
" as I have loved you.
"These things I have spoken
unto you that my joy
might remain in you.
"
Marlin
You knew.
You knew! You knew
heas still using.
He's dead because of it.
You get your hands off me!
No.
Troy confessed to me.
I wouldn't betray
his confidence then,
and I won't betray it now.
Then this is on you.
His death, this blood,
is on you.
Don't do this, Marlin.
Justell me what happened.
Look, I didn't
do anything.
You did it.
And you're the one that's going
toto stand
in judgmenfor it.
And if God doesn't
get you first,
I'm gonna make sure
that I find a way to.
No.
You're not going down for this.
You kept my brother's secret
under the seal
of the confessional.
You thought you were
protecting him,
just like you thought
you were protectinSean.
The difference is,
he didn't walk
into a confession booth.
He shot a man
right in front of you.
No, he didn't.
Oh, come on, man,
don't tell me
you're going
to believe this punk.
He's just going along
with Dennehy's story.
When he was collared,
he copped
to the *** himself.
Before he even knew,
Dennehy took credit for it.
I believe the priest
would confess toave Sean,
but there is no way
that Sean would confess
to save the priest.
The gun slid
across the floor
in both their stories,
but someone picked it up.
Someone they're
both protecting.
Come here.
Ma'am, where are your gloves?
She didn't wear gloves.
Well, what do you know?
Gunshot residue.
Love Tap.
Yeah.
Maybe you'd like to come
with us.
I'll tell you now,
if you want to know.
Everyone here already knows.
My heart's with y'all.
I might have k
but not for someone else
to go to jail.
Hazel
What did Deacon Smith do?
He killed Shania.
He killed
my granddaughter
long before she killed herself.
Killed herself?
I got this note
in the mail from her,
two days after her funeral.
"Grams,
"I know you're
feeling pain right now,
"but please know that I am not.
"I thought I got over this
years ago but, lately,
"it's been getting worse.
"Deacon Smith has been
taking me again, this time
in my nightmares "
Please don't read that again.
So Hazel came to church,
and she read the letter out loud
for everyone, didn't she?
You heard it,
and you couldn't stand it,
so you took a run at the deacon,
didn't you?
I wanted to kill the ***.
But you didn't get a chance to.
I did not know Sean
had a weapon on hi
but I was glad to e that gun.
Maybe God
put it before me,
or maybe it was Shania.
Because, if I had known
what Smith did to my baby girl,
I would have pulled that trigger
years ago, and maybe maybe
I would have had
one more day with her.
Hey Hey, wait up! Wait up!
Am I interrupting
something?
I don't want
to break your focus.
Little late for that.
Remember when
I had come to you
and asked about advice
for Troy
and you said I should start
bringing him to church.
Yeah, of course.
Well, that's not why
I was there originally.
I came to confess my sins.
Your sins?
Yeah.
See, the day before,
Troy had called me
and begged me to come
to this apartment quick,
and when I got there,
I found him bloody,
scared out of his mind,
standing over a body.
The body was his dealer's.
Tom
this was a bad man.
I pulled
his record later
and he was the suspect
in two drug hits,
but that doesn't change
my crime.
I looked the other way
for somebody that I love
and he got killed for it.
No.
If I had arrested
Troy,
things may have been different.
I killed him, Tom.
Marlin,
it's true you're responsible
for your actions,
but Troy was responsible
for his, as well.
You don't need for
me to forgive you.
Or God or Troy.
You need to learn
to forgive yourself,
no matter how
long it takes.
And you need
to come back to church.
With Ayana
and Tawni.
I mean, St.
Joseph's,
they're okay.
It's just kind of a long drive
and Father Weirmaa-
God bleshim-
hoo, his sermons
are kind of boring.
Why do you think I don't go?
You know,
they say this game's
a whole lot easier to win
without an opponent.
Not as much fun.
You want to play?
No.
Troy was the expert.
I don't play very well.
Well, sure you do.
You just need to practice.
Okay.