[Nick threatens Libby as Libby threatens him with the law of double jeopardy]
Nick ParsonsThey're tough in Louisiana, Libby. You shoot me, they'll give you the gas chamber.
Libby ParsonsNo they won't. It's called double jeopardy. I learned a few things in prison, Nick. I could shoot you in the middle of Mardi Gras and they can't touch me.
Travis LehmanAs an ex-law professor, I can assure you she is right.
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[as Libby works in the prison kitchen, Margaret gives Libby some legal advice for when she's released from prison]
Margaret SkolowskiPay attention, because this is the best goddamn advice you're ever gonna get. Ever hear of something called double jeopardy? Fifth Amendment to the constitution?
Margaret Skolowski[Libby shakes her head left to right]Huh? No? Well, double jeopardy provides that 'no person may be tried for the same crime twice.' You got that? Keep stirrin'. The state says you already killed your husband. They can't convict you of it a second time. That means that when you leave here, and you track him down, and when you find him you can kill him. That's right. You can walk right up to him in Times Square, put a gun to his head and pull the fuckin' trigger, and there's nothin' anybody can do about it.
Margaret Skolowski[Libby makes a slight smile]Kinda makes you feel warm and tingly all over, don't it? That's right. keep stirrin'.
Travis LehmanNo. No, you're not. You're a parole violator. You're in my c-custody. You're going with me to Seattle, where I will demand a full pardon and a parade... and a little pink poodle... on a keychain.
[the two laugh and smile]
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[Libby shoots the painting behind Nick's head]
Libby Parsons[Libby smiles]I haven't felt that good in six years. I don't want to kill you, Nick. I just want you to suffer like I suffered.
Travis LehmanWhat she means, Nick, is you're going to prison, for murder.
Travis Lehman[turning the tape off]Taped confessions are very persuasive in court, Nick, and of course, there is the physical evidence that we're gonna put in the trunk of your car.
Libby ParsonsA shovel, hair, my fingerprints, a little blood.
Libby ParsonsHe's fabulous. I haven't felt this good since the day my husband died.
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[Travis asks Jim Mangold for his assistance in finding Libby in New Orleans]
Mangold[Travis shows Jim a prison photo of Libby]Pretty girl.
Travis LehmanOh, yeah. She's very pretty, for a convicted murderer. She jumped parole on me.
MangoldMr. Lehman, I'd love to be able to help you, sir.
Travis LehmanNo, I don't want you guys to go to any trouble. I can handle matters. I just came down as a professional courtesy, since she's in New Orleans, and came here to kill one of your prominent citizens.
MangoldAnd just how is she planning on doing that?
Travis LehmanI don't know. She'll probably use the .38 Special she stole from me.
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[Travis visits one of his former parolee's to look up information on Angela Green]
Travis LehmanWhat I need is a search on a lady named Angela Green. I got her social security number here. I'd like you to...
OrbePlease. You know I'm not allowed to give out personal information.
Travis LehmanOh, I'm sorry - I shouldn't ask you that.
Travis Lehman[Travis begins to talk in a higher voice]Speaking of giving out personal information does your employer know that you used to perform the art of fellatio for a living.
Libby ParsonsI do have one question, though. How long were you and Angie fucking before you decided to get rid of me?
[the conversation goes silent as Suzanne Monroe clears her throat]
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[Libby takes advice from Margaret and Evelyn on what to tell the parole board]
Libby ParsonsI feel like I've grown these past six years.
Margaret Skolowski'Grown'? Honey, they don't want to hear that you've turned into some kind of tree, okay? So you just repeat after me, 'If I could trade places with my husband, I would.'
Libby Parsons[Libby rolls her eyes]Ugh. 'If I could trade places with my husband, I would.'
Evelyn LakeThat's good. Now, throw in a lot of that born-again-Jesus stuff. They like that.
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[Libby walks to Nick holding a pistol at him, as Nick talks to Travis who's watching from the chair]
Evelyn LakeHey, take it easy. We're your new best friends.
Margaret SkolowskiHeard you did your husband. He probably deserved it.
Evelyn LakeMine did.
[Margaret and Evelyn walk off smiling]
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[Evelyn and the other inmates bring Libby a birthday cake for her son Matty's birthday, as Libby makes a wish and blows out the candles]
Libby ParsonsYou know, Evelyn, I read that even if a child is separated from its mother the day it's born, it never forgets her voice. Think that's true?
Evelyn Lake[Evelyn smiles]'Course I do.
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[the handsome internet expert tries to ask Libby out for a drink]
Handsome Internet ExpertNow, maybe when this thing has finished its searching, we could go to this, uh, this neat little bar I know and, uh, have a little drink. What do you say?
Libby Parsons[Libby smiles and agrees]Yeah. I just have to check in with my parole officer first.
Libby ParsonsNo, I'm not. Um, 'Sliced and Diced,' the paper called it. Can you believe that?
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[Libby visits her mother in her garden]
Libby's Mother[Libby's mother digs out a container of cash]I always said there was good money in tomatoes.
[handing it over to Libby]
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[Libby nervously talks to Travis outside of Matty's school]
Libby ParsonsI don't know if I've ever been so scared in my whole life. I think a big part of me never thought I'd really find him. What if he doesn't recognize me? I mean, maybe after all this time...
Travis LehmanDammit, woman! Because of you, I have lost a perfectly good used car, and a not-so-good job. If you don't go to this kid right now, I'm gonna have you arrested for stupidity. Go on.
Libby Parsons[Libby smiles]Thanks, Lehman. You saved my life.
[Libby and Travis talk on the drive to the boat after Libby's parole violation]
Libby ParsonsOkay. I killed my husband. I chopped him up into little bits, and I dumped him piece by piece into the Pacific. Are you satisfied?
Travis LehmanNo. No. You were a hell of a lot closer to your kid three days ago than you are today. All you had to do was wait three years. That's all. You fucking idiot!
Libby ParsonsYou cannot know what it is like to sit in prison for six years and think of nothing else in the world but your son. Did I make the right choice? You asked the wrong question, Lehman, I didn't have a choice. Fuck your curfew!
Libby Parsons[Libby sees a picture of a girl on Lehman's sun visor]Who's that? Your daughter?
Libby Parsons[Travis closes the visor without responding]Is that a problem for you, Lehman?
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[the New Orleans bartender talks to Libby about the Wanted posters]
New Orleans Bartender[the bartender hands Libby a Wanted poster of herself]Cops have been passing these out.
New Orleans Bartender[the bartender then tears it up]No reward. Screw 'em.
New Orleans BartenderYou're gonna be posted at every hotel in town.
New Orleans Bartender[the bartender hands Libby an umbrella]Take this. Get out of here.
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[Travis continues to get frustrated when he can't find the correct Nicholas Parsons' driver's license photo]
MangoldSee, Lehman, the thing is, every now and again, we all want to believe in something, but we just keep forgetting that 99.9 percent of the time, life just flat don't work out.
Travis Lehman[Travis sarcastically replies]I hadn't thought of that, Mangold. Thanks. I feel a lot better now.
MangoldAny time, Hoss. Any time.
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[Travis shows up to the New Orleans police station and meets Jim Mangold]
Travis Lehman[Jim sees Travis admiring his fish on the wall]Did you catch that thing?
Travis Lehman[Jim nods up and down]What did you use for bait?
MangoldI caught that big bucket-mouth son of a bitch off an old rebel lure my daddy left me. 'Course there's buzz bombs, poppers, jigs - All kinds of things work back in these waters.
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[Travis questions Nick, who is going by the new identity Jonathan Devereaux]
Travis LehmanDo you have any idea why she's fixated her lunacy on you?
Nick ParsonsWell, the world's full of crazy people, am I right?
Travis Lehman[Travis laughs while responding]Oh, yes, you are right. Truer words were never spoken.
Travis Lehman[Travis comments on the picture behind Jonathan's desk]Those are nice pictures there. Did your kids do them?
Nick Parsons[Nick chuckles]Uh, no. Those pictures are by a very great artist named Kandinsky.
Nick ParsonsBut why do I think you already knew that?
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[Travis talks on the phone to his boss Karl Carruthers]
Travis LehmanListen to me, Karl. I think maybe this Parsons woman has been telling the truth.
Karl CarruthersYou're not a law professor anymore, Travis. You're barely even a parole officer. So stop playing Mission Impossible.
Travis LehmanAll I need... is a D.M.V. driver's license photograph of Nicholas Parsons.
Karl CarruthersYou get back here today... because tomorrow, you're going in front of the Commission.
Travis LehmanKarl, I know I'm right. Give me a chance, okay? Now, I'm asking you politely...
Travis Lehman[Travis quietly whispers before screaming out]You send me that goddamn picture!
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[Evelyn and Margaret give Libby some encouragement to find her son]
Evelyn LakeHeard you're tryin' to reach your friend, the one with your boy.
Libby ParsonsYeah, I can't find 'em. They disappeared.
Margaret SkolowskiOh, hon - If you could disappear that easy, believe you me, I wouldn't be here right now.
Evelyn Lake[Evelyn chuckles]Me, either.
Margaret SkolowskiThink. Use your head. There's gotta be a way to track him down.
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[Libby sits in her jail cell after being arrested for evading police on the beach]
Travis Lehman[Travis walks into her cell]Did you have a nice day on the beach?
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Travis LehmanTurns out I owe you an apology, Mr. Devereaux. After our last conversation, I started thinking maybe that Parsons woman was telling the truth about who you used to be. So I asked the Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles to send me a driver's license photograph of Nicholas Parsons.
Nick Parsons[taking a fax printout with a laugh]Well... well, we all make mistakes. I mean, there's no harm done.
Travis LehmanThen I thought about it some more, and it occurred to me what a common name Nicholas Parsons is. You know, it turns out there were six. And this...
Nick ParsonsI never liked that picture. So, Mr. Lehman, you came here to make a deal. Otherwise, I guess you would have gone straight to the police. So, question is, what's your price?
Travis Lehman$1 million. It's a nice, round figure, right?
Nick ParsonsUh... all right. But you're gonna have to give me a couple of days.
Nick ParsonsMr. Lehman, it's 9:00 at night. I can't just...
[snapping to indicate the money magically appearing; Lehman takes out a flip phone]
Nick ParsonsWait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait. I have $100,000 in the safe here. And you can have that now. I'll get you the rest tomorrow.
Travis Lehman[putting the phone away]You got a deal. We do have one other problem, and that's Mrs. Parsons. She could still make a lot of trouble for us, even from prison, and I really don't need that.
Nick ParsonsWell, I think I've solved that problem.
Bobby[Cutter lights his cigarette and pauses]No. Of course. I don't think you killed him.
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[Libby sees Travis kick one of the other girls out of the house]
Travis Lehman[Travis looks to Libby]You think I'm a mean son of a bitch?
Libby ParsonsI think you could have given her a second chance.
Travis LehmanThere are no second chances in this house, baby. This is the last chance house! You try to understand that.
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Nick ParsonsMorning, darlin'. I hope you had a nice night.
Libby ParsonsI want you to bring Matty to Lafayette Cemetery number three.
Nick ParsonsA cemetery? That's, uh... that's an odd choice for a reunion.
Libby ParsonsIt's a big tourist place, Nick. Lot of people around.
Nick ParsonsWell, you're a smart girl. I can have him there by 4:00.
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Margaret Skolowski[sitting down next to Libby in the prison yard]Ooh, you're low on cigarettes. If you want to make any friends, I advise you buy another pack fast. On account of your personality, it ain't the best I've ever seen.
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[Libby goes next door to the neighbor's house of Angela Green's former residence]
Neighbor in GardenDear, whatever you're selling, I've already got two of them.
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[Libby talks to Matty about wanting to teach him to sail]
Libby ParsonsOh, Matty, look! You see that? See that big boat out there?
Matty - Age 4Mm-hmm.
Libby ParsonsShe is the prettiest boat on Whidbey Island. That's the Morning Star. Someday when you're big enough I'm gonna teach you how to sail. It's the best thing there is, sailing.
Matty - Age 4Better than fishing?
Libby ParsonsYup. But you know what, kiddo? I don't think I want you to grow up.
Matty - Age 4Why?
Libby ParsonsWhat if you grow up and marry some beautiful girl? Who's gonna go sailing with me then?
[a yuppie man tries to impress his date while at Nick and Libby's house party]
Yuppie Man[a yuppie man looks closer on the Parsons wall]Hmm, yes. Picasso. Blue period.
Nick Parsons[Nick walks into the conversation]The artist's name is Kandinsky. Wassily Kandinsky. He was German, of Russian extraction, 1866 to 1944. And by the way, Picasso's blue period was figurative, and ended in 1904. And these watercolors are abstract, done in 1911.
Yuppie Man[Nick leaves the conversation, as the yuppie man scoffs looking back to his date]Picasso.
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[Libby meets Travis with her box of personal belongings]
Travis Lehman[Travis holds up a photo of Libby's son, Matty]Is this a problem for you?
Travis Lehman[Travis drops the photo back into her box]I'm gonna have trouble with you, Parsons.
Libby ParsonsNo, sir. No, you're not. I learned my lesson. I just want to...
Travis LehmanI'm not interested in your goddamn contrition. I'm interested in your behavior. Get out of here and behave yourself. You're in room eight on the second floor.
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Matty - Age 4Hi, Mommy.
Libby ParsonsHello, sweetie pie. Oh, how are you, Matty? I think about you all the time, honey. I miss you so much. Are you doing okay, kiddo?
Matty - Age 4I love you.
Libby ParsonsListen, Matty. I know this has been really hard, but Angie is gonna bring you up to see me next week, okay?
Nick ParsonsNow, then, ladies, uh, what you see before you is a moderately presentable man in his 30s, given, uh, unhealthy thoughts and a dissipated lifestyle... with, and this is what's gonna cost you the really big money...
[laughter and applause as he removes his coat]
Nick Parsons...absolutely no redeeming moral virtue.
Bidder500.
Nick ParsonsDear woman, my cuff links cost more than that. Now, do I hear $1,000?
Nick ParsonsAll right, now did I just hear the voice of the charming Miss Monroe? 'Cause I was just starting to worry, beginning to think you didn't care.
Nick ParsonsWell, see, I mean, at last, someone who knows my true value. Now, Miss Monroe, I believe the bid is to you at $10,500.
Suzanne MonroeWell, you can have him, honey. Believe me, he ain't worth that much. I know from personal experience.
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Libby ParsonsYou destroyed my life, and I will destroy yours unless you give me Matty. That's all I want.
Nick ParsonsListen. Let me explain something to you. You have to understand something. We were going under. We were gonna lose everything. And if I'd had any guts, I would have killed myself, but I was trying to protect you. That's why I got the life insurance. So I would be out of the picture and you and Matty would be okay. And I... I-I just never believed they would convict you.
[Libby sails the boat as Nick joins her on the deck, noticing that they're in the middle of the ocean]
Nick ParsonsWait. I don't see land. So where is it?
Libby Parsons[Libby points with her hand]Alaska's over that way, Japan is straight ahead, and Australia's somewhere to the left. Where would you like to go?
[as she sets it on his desk, he sees it's her personal belongings]
Travis LehmanElizabeth Parsons. The State of Washington has granted you a conditional parole. For the next three years, you'll observe all the rules of this facility, which means no fighting, no fornicating, no drinking, no drugs, no exceptions, no excuses. Do you understand that?
Travis LehmanThis is your Social Security card. You will find gainful and sustained employment. You are not to carry a firearm or a weapon of any kind, especially a knife. Curfew is at 8:30. This is my cell phone number. Do not lose it. If you think there is a chance you will be even five minutes late, you will call me, I will have you picked up. Do you understand that?
[she nods]
Travis LehmanGood. Any violation of these conditions, and your "get out of jail free" card will be revoked by me, and you will return to prison to serve the remainder of your sentence and maybe then some.
Libby ParsonsI've thought it through. I barely survived my parents' house. I'm not gonna put him there. Money won't be a problem because there's the $2 million from the life insurance, and it's going into a trust fund in his name.
Libby ParsonsI know. Matty loves you. We can't let him become a ward of the State.
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BobbyThe inquest was held this morning, and they reviewed all the evidence, and Nick, uh, well, he's officially been declared dead. Now, Libby, they, um... they've determined it was a wrongful death, and you... oh, Jesus, you... you're being formally charged with his murder. I-I'm here to advise you. Make no statements whatsoever to the sheriff.
[the prosecutor in Libby's court case tries to come up with an explanation for Nick's murder]
ProsecutorMrs. Parsons, you've heard the testimony be presented to this court, and your explanation is that somebody must have come aboard the Morning Star.
ProsecutorWell, let's consider all the possibilities. Maybe a band of pirates. Or aliens! Did aliens murder your husband? No. Aliens weren't beneficiaries in your husband's life insurance.
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[Angela and Nick surprise Libby with a rental boat for the weekend]
Nick Parsons[Libby opens her eyes to see a sail boat on the water]I heard Sean Gittman was thinking of selling. So I made him an offer, and he agreed to let us take her out for the weekend. And if you like it, it's yours.