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Clips from Black Bird - We Are Coming, Father Abraham (S01E01)

"Going right."
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"You two need any more pictures with him?"
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"I can hold the camera."
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"Here we go, Larry."
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"You really got nothing to say to me, Larry?"
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"Never struck me as the quiet type."
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"Seemed like the kinda guy who'd like a good jaw session to start your day."
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"My mom used to say that I could just talk paint off a wall."
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"That changed a little bit as I got older."
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"Decided to appear like the strong, silent type."
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"Mostly to get laid, but--"
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"I do enjoy having a good chat--"
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"You know, I kept trying to tell you that they were just dreams."
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"I kept telling you, but you kept pushing."
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"You forced a fake confession out of me."
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"Is that how you see it?"
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"Who put that idea into your head, Larry?"
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"Now, why does everybody think I need my ideas to come from someone else, huh?"
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"I'm smart. I've got ideas."
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"I'll bet you do."
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"I'd like to hear about a couple of 'em."
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"Maybe ones that involve girls?"
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"Gary got me a lawyer."
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"So it was Gary."
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"Yeah, but-- No, but…"
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"The lawyer said that I wasn't to say another word to you."
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"Is that right?"
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"Well, I don't know if that lawyer is looking out for you, in my opinion."
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"'Cause you twist what I have to say."
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"We didn't twist your words, Larry."
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"You told us about your dreams."
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"We documented it, and you signed a confession."
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"Which was coerced!"
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"No."
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"The confession was coe--"
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"We are coming, Father Abraham 300,000 more"
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"Hey, Larry. Take it easy."
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"From Mississippi's winding stream…"
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"Larry."
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"We leave our plows and workshops Our wives and children dear"
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"With hearts so full of utterance With but a silent tear"
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"Hey. Take it easy, all right?"
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"We are coming, Father Abraham 300,000 more"
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"From Mississippi's winding stream And from New England's shore"
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"Okay."
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"You got kids?"
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"Yeah, I got a son. He's five."
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"Man, loved five. It's the perfect age."
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"They think you're a god."
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"Yeah, but now, Brittany?"
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"Shit, she's nine, going on "Fuck you, Daddy. You don't understand.""
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"Shit, I'll take that over dirty diapers any day."
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"Yeah. Bigger the kid, bigger the problem."
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"Yeah, says the man who hadn't wiped an ass in a while."
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"What about you, you got kids?"
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"No."
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"You got a wife?"
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"-No. -Girlfriend?"
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"-Nothing serious. -You a lucky man. Shit."
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"Lucky man."
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"Look, man, I can't. I can't do this. Let's just go back."
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"No, you can do it."
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"-Come on, bro. -Hey, you got this."
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"What if Beaumont changes his mind, huh?"
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"Backs out?"
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"Then I'm stuck there."
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"In five minutes that shift change is gonna happen."
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"And that's the only time that we have to get you in there"
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"without setting off smoke signals from one end of the complex to the other."
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"The time to do this is now."
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"I'm out."
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"Fuck."
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"That's not cool, man."
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"That asshole can never walk back out those doors."
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"You're our way to guarantee that."
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"Fucking look at me!"
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"Whatever you decide to do right now,"
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"Beaumont will never forget it."
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"I will never forget it."
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"Final answer?"
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"Fuck it. Let's do it."
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"Yes!"
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"My man."
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"That's a good call, Jimmy. Smart."
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"I gotta treat you like a scumbag again, man. Sorry."
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"All right, let's go."
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"How'd he strike you?"
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"He didn't fill me with an overwhelming sense of confidence."
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"Well, that will be moot in about an hour."
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"At trial, Mr. Hall's entire theory of defense"
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"boiled down to a simple proposition."
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"Due to a personality disorder that makes him susceptible to suggestion"
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"and pathologically eager to please,"
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"he confessed to a crime that he did not commit."
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"When Mr. Hall's attorney, Mr. DeArmond,"
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"attempted to call an expert witness in the field of false confession,"
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"Judge Baker refused to permit Dr. Ofshe's testimony."
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"Since the verdict hinged on Mr. Hall's state of mind during his confessions,"
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"Dr. Ofshe's testimony would've gone to the heart of Mr. Hall's defense."
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"Further, several aspects of the confession,"
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"Mr. Hall signing his name in block letters when he is perfectly capable of cursive,"
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"Mr. Hall signing a statement over the name Larry DeWayne Daniels,"
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"give further credence to a state of mind that was suggestible."
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"Further, the interrogating officer in his initial confession"
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"was described by fellow officers as intimidating to Mr. Hall"
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"and resistant to his initial answers."
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"Mr. Hall's appeal is hereby granted."
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"Counsel, join me in chambers."
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"-It's getting closer, Mom. -Yeah."
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"What's our clock?"
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"A month."
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"And she's putting a hearing for the second appeal on the docket."
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"Oh, fuck off. Really?"
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"Keene's not moot anymore."
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"-We need him to step way up. -I told him to move slowly."
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"If he blows the approach to Hall--"
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"Hall spooks. End of story."
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"But if he moves too slowly, Hall walks into the free world,"
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"buys himself another van and a box of zip ties."
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"Hey, Larry."
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