True Detective

Yeah, 'course I remember.

Not too long ago?

Ten years is nothin'. I remember everything.

- Well, we can't know. - _

_

I mean,

what you don't remember,

you don't know you don't remember.

That's some education in semantics you're givin' me.

Hey, let's skip the deposition

and I can just take notes on your lecture.

I brought my case file.

Thanks for comin' in, Wayne. It's good to see you.

- Alan. - How's the job?

Still there.

No major cases, but...

get more time with the wife and kids.

That's good, I guess.

I take time off, inside three days,

my wife tells me, "Get back to work."

Well, Detective Hays,

we need you to go back over the Purcell case. Cases.

Lookin' to overturn the conviction, right?

You good with that?

I wouldn't be here otherwise.

Why contest it now? Ten years after the fact?

It's the family doin' it, I know. But why?

You're having memory problems, right?

What?

You're having memory problems.

Don't whine about it.

Today's May 20th, 2015.

Henry's comin' with the people from the TV.

You don't like the questions, or you don't wanna do it,

Henry'll tell 'em to go screw.

But remember why you're talkin' to 'em.

Figure out how much they know.

You don't need no surprises this late in the game.

I'm recordin' this on the 19th.

Today's the 20th. Look at your pictures.

Take notes. Remember.

Remember the nightstand if you... if you need it.

- Hey, Dad. - Hi.

They're all set when you're ready.

Mm-hmm.

I think it's a strong case.

You're paid to think that, right?

My wife's publishing a book about it.

Maybe she could help you.

Let's get through this first.

Could you tell us about November 7th, 1980?

Your timeline of events.

Sure.

November 7th, 1980.

Friday.

I remember it was the day Steve McQueen died.

Hey, Dad. Can we ride out to the playground?

What for?

Ronnie's got a new dog he's bringing out there.

- Home by 5:30. - Yes, sir.

Hey, Dad. When's Mom coming home?

I don't know.

Hey, watch out for your sister.

Yes, sir.

Home by 5:30, I mean it!

Y'all be back before the sun goes down, ya understand?

Yes, sir!

Kids left their house

approximately 4:00 p.m.

This from multiple statements.

Come on, let's go!

Let's go.

- Dude, watch the leather, man. - Dude, all right.

And what were you doing that evening?

I was with my partner at the time.

Roland West.

We were doin' our regular shift.

Following up on a series of thefts, I believe.

Workin' cases.

You'll get him next time.

Fate spared its shitty rat life, and it has no clue.

Another way of sayin' you're slow on the draw.

Steve McQueen died today.

We should do somethin'.

We could go to Miss Minnie's.

Give me a break. I can't pay for it, man.

It's more honest than most relationships.

You never bought no Saigon trim while you was over there?

Guess I'm a romantic.

I'm a feminist.

They want to sell me a piece of ass, they got the right.

Shit. You're gonna pay for it one way or another.

You see yourself gettin' married, Purple?

No, sir.

I'm not a big enough asshole

to put a woman and children through that.

Hey.

Don't.

Shh...

Dick!

Foxes are predatory vermin, son.

Farmers, I was little,

they gave you a dollar, you kill a fox.

I'll give you a dollar for lettin' it go.

Let's go ride around.

Listen to some music.

All right.

Maybe we can find somebody to beat the shit out of.

Boy, that'd be nice.

I don't think so. Let me ask him.

Hey, son? Ronnie?

You seen the Purcell kids? Will and his sister?

- Were they here? - No.

No, he says they haven't been by.

You heard from 'em at all? Were they supposed to come by?

No. I told him he could come by to see the new puppy sometime.

But he didn't say today.

No, Tom, I'm sorry. He hasn't heard from 'em.

Yeah, he's been here all afternoon, since school.

All right.

I'll let you know if I hear anything.

This fuckin' piece of shit.

I don't wanna eat no boar meat, man.

Tracked it for two days.

Had to make my own muzzle-loader for the season.

Why'd you kill a boar, but not a fox?

Well, you eat the boar.

I only had the one shot at him.

If I missed, that was my ass.

Guess I like a more level playin' field.

Hmm. Except with rats.

You know how many times rats almost ended civilization?

How many?

I don't know. At least two.

I hate rats.

What about deer? You hunt deer?

Only with a bow.

Never in a stand and never with bait.

D-12, over.

D-12, you copy?

D-12 here. Over.

PD in West Finger called for assist.

Missing persons.

That's 5009 Shoepick Lane.

Copy. We got it. Be there in ten.

Fifteen.

Shoepick Lane?

Go towards Devil's Den.

You know how to get to West Finger.

We almost had a clean night, man.

Turn on the light if you want.

Tom Purcell. Two kids, William and Julie. Twelve and ten.

Supposed to be home by 5:30, never arrived.

They not been home before the sun goes down.

That part I know.

Is this setup okay for you?

Uh, yes. This is fine.

So, you caught the case back in '80.

Uh, yes.

Big full moon that night,

and...

I remember the moon.

And Steve McQueen had died.

Will and Julie.

I can't find 'em anywhere.

We need a bunch of people out here right now.

Need to be on every street, down in the woods...

All right, Mr. Purcell, slow down, please.

Take us through what happened, you could,

so we can know the right thing to do next.

Went ridin' their bikes. Around 4:00.

Supposed to be home by 5:30.

They were supposed to go by a friend's house.

Kid says he never saw 'em.

Never occurred to you he might be lyin'?

'Course it did.

General rule is, everybody's lyin'.

Period.

First impression, though, no.

I did not believe he was fabricatin', not about this.

"About this."

Yeah. I mean, I didn't...

check around if he was honest about his overtime or his height.

What is this, really?

Y'all know something I don't?

Well, we don't know what you know.

So we can't really answer that.

I was deposed when the man's family

tried gettin' the conviction overturned in '90.

Then worked the case again when it was reopened.

That's when my wife published the book.

Wish you could've talked to her.

I used to think back then...