"I don't take care of anybody, nobody takes care of me." "I just watch out for myself." "You should do the same." "Damn." "Come on, baby." "My, my." "You finally ready for something special tonight?" "Oh, yeah." "Something real special your pal Sonny here don't have?" "Now." "See?" "That's what women want." "You got it." "Just what I want." "Where is that dumb cow?" "Well, what do you know." "Sooner or later, they all see the light." "Jenkins is just fine." "Keep your head, you will be too." "The car keys." "Come on." "Clothes." "Get up." "Take 'em off." "Now." "Take 'em off." " You're doing something very stupid." " Shut up." "Get 'em off." "Come on." "Come on." " Pants." "Now." "Come on." " Hurry up, Sonny." "Come on, come on!" "Get it off." "Let's go." "You heard her." "Come on." "Janette!" "Jannie?" "Honey?" "Jannie." "Jannie, are you all right?" "Oh, my God." "Oh, God." "Oh, my God." "I think that was supposed to kill me." "Now do you believe?" "Even for here, Sonny's a special case." "Beat her stepfather to death with a metal pipe." "Used an iron on her husband." "Clubbed my guard to death." "If she was a man, and she's damned close, they'd call her what she is." "A serial killer." "Juliet Marie Elizabeth Palmer." "Better stick to Sonny." "You never know what'll set her off." "When Sonny loses it, she doesn't exactly draw the line at name-calling." "What about the other one?" "Ah, she's strictly along for the ride." "Sonny's your man... so to speak." "I guess you see a lot of this stuff." "No, not from women." "Male, female." "This is barely human." "A shot was fired." "Powder burn right here." "We think that Fraiser was carrying an unauthorised weapon." ".22 automatic, according to his friend." "I didn't want to muddy up his record." "You know, his death benefits, other considerations." " We never found the slug." " You're telling me they're armed?" "Well, given a choice, Sonny would rather beat a guy to death." "We got two dozen state troopers standing by." "There's a map." "Sonny Palmer was from Great Falls." "She must know this area well." "They'd probably dump that car in some rural area." "In the ten years I've been running that place, I've never had an escape attempt." "Then think about that." "Why these two?" "I never would have picked 'em." "They seemed content together, disgusting as it sounds." "Sonny was eligible for parole in four months." " A lot of us would have fought it." " Still, it's an odd time to escape." " Hey, Ben." " Hey, Lamarr." "Frank, I'd like you to meet Ben Stephens." "He's gonna coordinate the search effort." "Oh, God." "Those women beat a guard to death." "I'm not taking chances." "We got 'em." "Hold your fire." "Hold your fire." "This is Stephens." "Proceed." "Sonny, do I look OK?" "Beautiful." "You're all lit up like a Christmas tree." "Guess they didn't hear." "Jannie, there's no car here." "Maybe this isn't the right address." " Yes, it is." " Come on." " Well, then, where are they?" " They're supposed to be here." "Jannie." "Have you ever met these people?" "Ever talked to 'em?" "I know they'll be here for us, OK?" "I know it." "I saw the guard station." "Pretty brutal." " I didn't call for help." " We heard there was some friction out there." "I just don't feel comfortable with assassins." "Especially in government uniforms." "You want out?" "Sonny placed this under the dead guard's head, even though he fired shots at her." "She folded it like a pillow." "I've never seen this kind of thing in a prison situation." "It's more like what you see when a mother kills her own child, or something." "Exactly." "Love relationship." "Think she had a thing with the guard?" "No." "By all accounts, they're completely devoted to each other." " Remorse?" " No, I think I'm getting a fix on her." "The stepfather she killed was abusing her younger sister." "Sonny said." "Sister wouldn't corroborate." "All right." "Look at the second murder." "She miscarried the same night." "The husband was undoubtedly responsible." "Domestic violence report, ten months earlier." " The neighbours had to call it in." " See, when it's just about Sonny, she's silent." "She doesn't cross over into violence unless she's protecting someone." "A sister, a child." "She's had a... deeply unhappy life." "She was beaten down almost from the day she was born." "Whatever love, whateverjoy she found, she found it right here with Janette." "Look at this." "What I don't understand is, if she's got four months to parole, why risk it?" "Sonny's parole would have split 'em up." "Maybe it was a crazy way of staying together." "I think she was protecting something." "Night-night." "Sonny..." "I love you so much." "Love you more." "Sonny, put your hand right there." "You feel it kicking?" "I can feel it." "I can feel it with us right now." "Can you?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I think so." "The woman you stopped for was an inmate." "How could she be pregnant?" "I don't know how, she just was." "High-school girls give birth at the prom and no one knows." "But we got group showers." "I know what I saw." "She was pregnant." "It was obvious when she got her baggy clothes off." " What's up?" " You were right." "Protecting." "He says he was taken to another location before the motel." " The baby's father?" " I don't know." " How far from the motel?" " His estimate, 20 minutes." "Well, it doesn't sound like they're on the run." "Something is keeping them here." "Maybe that house." "All their actions seem to be around the baby." "Janette keeping her pregnancy a secret all those months, I have to ask myself:" "What is the first thing a woman thinks of when she finds out she's pregnant?" "I'll start canvassing area clinics." "Peter..." "I don't want to see them hurt." "...thanking the Almighty your thick head isn't splattered into pieces on that motel shag." "All I know is that I gave two people in need a ride, and then it turns into this nightmare." "Well, the nightmare's over, Mr Taylor." "You can go home." "It's tough being a Good Samaritan." "Were you looking to get lucky?" " Surprised he lived." " They had him tied up all night." "He hasn't got a bruise." "He had nothing to fear from them." "He's mainly afraid that his wife will find out." "I'll get the inmates ready." "One's got to know about this pregnancy." "Not the inmates, the guards." "One of them is the father." "Hi." "Fill out all paperwork." "Just so you understand, even if one of my men was involved..." "One was." "That leaves 47 that weren't." "And I don't want my guys treated like cons." "Maybe you and I should conduct the interview." "I'll follow your lead." "Let's go." " Hi." " I'm Frank Black." " Hey." " Shiffer." "Why don't we talk?" " Keep your pants on." "We're getting into it." " What about this guard, Shiffer?" "Yeah." "He may have had some problems on his lastjob." "Take your hat off, Ernie." "We're gonna be here for a while." " You know, I'm reading your personnel file." " Yeah?" "I was wondering, why were you fired from a correctional institution in Montana?" " Doesn't it say?" " I want to hear it from your mouth." " I left my post." " What?" "Look, it's in there." "Disciplinary proceedings under section seven-two." "Paragraph five." " You raped a female inmate." " The board said I left my post." "Did you rape Janette too?" "Did you threaten her, or her baby, if she said anything?" "What did you do that made them run away?" "What is this?" " I want my union rep." "Now." " He wants his union rep." "Officer, we have samples from her cell which can prove who the father is beyond a doubt." "We can wait until the results come in, or, if they're gonna point to you, you have an opportunity to help yourself out here." "I didn't do it." "I mean, not like you said." "I mean, I didn't threaten anybody, man." " She don't even know that it was me." " What does that mean?" "I did her in the infirmary." "And she was out cold." "Postop from some wisdom-tooth thing." "I mean..." "She..." "What?" "She's a dyke." "It was supposed to be a joke." "Why don't you get the hell outta here, Ernie?" " Is it a boy or a girl?" " The legs are hiding that right now." "Do you, uh..." "do you know your conception date?" "No, not exactly." "I'm hoping it's gonna take after its father, though." "And, uh, have you been feeling all right?" "Any bleeding or contractions?" "No, I've never felt better." "Hi, Sonny." "In fact, this is the happiest time of my life." " You're Janette's partner." " Uh-huh." "Why don't you wait here with her, I'd like Dr Lee to take a look at this." "I'll be right back." " Hi." " Hi." "What?" "Jannie..." "The guard died." "Oh, no." "Mr Watts?" "I may have something." " Hiding like animals because of a rape." " They killed a guard." "None of this would've happened if she weren't pregnant." "Great Falls Women's Clinic." "They were just there. 1070 Speedway Drive." " I'll notify the highway patrol." " No, wait." "I need assurance of their safety." "1070 Speedway?" "Janette's pregnant, about eight months." "Coincides with Shiffer's visit to the infirmary." "But that's not all." "The nurse spotted a total placenta previa blocking the birth canal." "She'll bleed out in three minutes if she delivers outside of a hospital." " What do they feel about that?" " They don't know." "They ran out before the doctor could tell them." " I'm thinking about the house." " Where they went before?" "Yeah, no one was home." "I wonder if they keep circling, checking in." "This is the only highway between the motel and the clinic." " Think the house is on it?" " Yeah. 20 minutes from the motel is here." " Hey!" "Hey!" " Hey!" " What are you doing?" " It's OK." "It's not OK, we almost killed him, too." "Are you..." "What?" "What's the matter?" "Oh, my God." "I think that was just a contraction." "I think I'm having the baby." "I'm right here." "Wow." "Records show the house was purchased eight months ago by its current owners, John and Jennifer Bayton, who moved here from California." "As far as we know, they've had no involvement with either woman." " What's this "Follow the Path"?" "Some cult?" " None that we've heard of." "What I want to know is, why weren't we told about this house?" "We didn't know." "I was just following a hunch." "Your hunches aren't exactly long shots, is what I've noticed." "Look." "I'm not griping about chain of command." "That house, whatever it was to them, is blown." "They're twice as volatile and dangerous." "It was my error." "We didn't know they'd be there." "I'll have my guys check prison correspondence, see if there's something to or from that address." "Let's all try to stay in the loop from here on in." "He's right about one thing." "If that house is why they're staying, they're gonna bolt." " The roads are sealed." "They'd know that." " Yeah." "Sonny worked for about a year loading freight at the train yards in Great Falls." "You think she'd hop a train?" "I'm gettin' it." "That's enough." "There we go." " OK." "OK." " OK." "Here." "Here's some water." " Is that better?" " Yeah." "Thanks." " What?" "What is it?" " Just hoping you're not in too much pain." "Actually, I'm not feeling much pain right now." "Not yet, anyway." "I'm just wondering what it's thinking in there, if it's really painful in there, what this feels like." "I'm not armed." "Sonny." " I know this is not your fault." " Shut up!" "Hands against the wall." "I know who raped Janette." "It was Ernie." "Ernie Shiffer." "He confessed." "Sonny!" "Sonny!" "Listen to me." "There's something else." "Janette has a serious medical condition." "If she tries to have that baby outside hospital she'll bleed to death." "And so will the baby." "That's God's child." "It's our miracle baby." "All the signs are there." "You say anything, anything, to Janette, and so help me, I will beat you to death." "Now get up!" "Get up!" "Into the minds of two crazy-ass freaks has gotta hurt." " Excuse me, sir?" " No, nothing." "You two have been jerking me around." "Do it." "Do it!" " Hold on, honey." " Oh, God, that was a bad one." " When was the last one?" " Didn't I say shut up?" "Listen, I know what I'm talking about." " That baby's coming." " Oh, God!" "Oh, my God, I'm bleeding everywhere." "Sonny, I'm bleeding everywhere." "Just a little blood." "It's normal." " It's not normal before the baby comes." " It's all right, Jannie." " I'm taking you to the hospital." " No." "No, they'll get us." "It's a clinic." "We'll slip in, we'll slip out." "It'll be all right." " I don't think I can walk." " I'll carry you." "We're going to the hospital." "I can feel it right now." "Can you feel it?" "Yeah." "Yeah." " I love you, Sonny." " I love you more." " You brought them here." " No, I didn't." "Sonny." "Get away from this car." "I'll kill him." "I'll blow his brains out." "I reached an FBI hostage specialist." "He'll be here shortly." "We'll establish contact, let the train pull out, whatever they want." "We'll pick 'em up rolling after things cool down." "They're not going anywhere." "Push "send"." "Hello?" "Is anyone there?" "Hello?" "This is Peter Watts." "We need... we need a doctor." " Who needs a doctor, Sonny?" " Janette." "Get the Great Falls clinic on the line." " Not on the phone." "I want a doctor here." " Is she in labour?" "I said I want a doctor here, now." "And an ambulance." "We're working on that." "We'll get the clinic on the phone till the ambulance gets here." "Patch 'em through." "Sonny, this is Judy Tynan, the nurse who did Janette's ultrasound." "You're not listening." "I said a doctor." "Doctor Lee is with me here and he'd like to talk to Janette." "We're worried about bleeding." "Honey." "Honey, there's a doctor here." "He says he can help." " Hello." " Hi, Janette." "It's Judy from the clinic." "Yeah, I'm sorry we ran out on you." "How are you feeling?" "Janette, that was Doctor Lee." "Look..." "I know this is awkward for you, but we need you to tell us exactly what's going on." "You can talk to us, Janette." "We're on your side." "We know the whole story." "We know how that guard did this to you." " What are you talking about?" " That guard, Shiffer, who raped you." " Cut 'em off." "Cut 'em off." " You're wrong." "This is God's child I'm having." "Is that what they think?" "Is that what they're saying, that that guy Ernie did this to me?" " There's gotta be a paramedic." " Because it's not true." " We need help now!" " Not true!" "My God." "Oh, my God." " What?" "What did they say?" " Why they escaped in the first place." "Janette's pregnant." "No apparent father." " You mean they think it's theirs?" " No, they think it's God's." "They think it's a virgin birth." "It's gonna hit the fan when she pops out a mulatto." " It already has." "They just found out." " We gotta get your friend outta there." "Dodeck, Johnson." "Put your paramedic gear on." "We're going in." "Virgin birth." " Breathe, it'll help." " Shut up." "Breathe." "One, two, three." "Shut up!" "Sonny, look at me." "You listen to me." "I know this baby's not Shiffer's baby." "I know." "It's really important that you believe it too." "It's really important." " What?" " Sonny, there are two paramedics coming in." "So let's work together here." "Let's just take it one step at a time, OK?" "Fine." "Send them in." "All right." "I got a clean frontal coming in here." " She's holding the weapon." " Let's get this over." "Stay away from that door." "If they get a shot, they'll take it." "Oh, God." "Wait." "Thank you." "You gotta check that medical kit too." "Don't let 'em in until you do." "Watch that door." "Stop right there." "Put the bags inside." " Sir, we've got a problem here." " Dammit." "Somebody help!" "Wait a minute, look." "Look." "We don't need this." "Help her, please." "Please help her." "Hey." "How are you making out?" "Come on." "How are you making out?" " Do you believe in miracles?" " Yeah." "Just rest, Jannie." "Just rest." "Cos I'll tell you a miracle." "At my trial, they called me "Battered Woman Syndrome"." "Crazy, basically." "And I must have been, cos I was in prison for five months and I didn't say one word." "Then Sonny, she pulled me out of that." "And you fixed me so complete." "That right now, as crazy as all this is, I know it's not me." "It's them out there." "See, they don't believe God would waste his time making a miracle for Sonny and me." "But he did." "This baby was conceived by a miracle and saved from a bullet." "Another miracle." "Because he loves us." "And I believe in that love just as sure as I believe in the love between Sonny and me." "Even though right now, Lord, I'm trying to understand." "I know you didn't bring us this far to abandon us now." "Somehow you're part of his plan." "So you have to promise me that you'll get our baby to a good place." " I promise." " You'll never let them have him." "I promise." "OK, I think it's happening." "Breathe, breathe." "Come on, honey." "Come on, baby." "You can do this." " Oh, God." " You can do it." "Push, push." " I can't push." " No, you can do it." "Here's its head." "Push, push." "It's out." "Give me a piece of tape." "Rip it into strips." "It's a girl, honey." "It's a beautiful, beautiful girl." "Gimme that towel." "My baby." "I know." "Oh, I know." "Hi, baby." "Oh." "Are you smiling?" "Oh, I can feel it." "Yes." "I can feel him with us right now." "Oh, you're so pretty." "I love you, Sonny." "Jannie?" "Jannie?" "Jannie?" "No, Jannie, don't go." "Stop right there!" "Move your hands slowly away from your body, over your head." "Love you more." "We ran a paternity test on the amniocentesis samples that were taken at the clinic." "No known father." "Not among the prison personnel we know had contact." "St Augustine said miracles are not contrary to nature, only to what we know about nature." " This should have ended better." " You saved that baby's life." "That's a lot." "Janette's family said no to adopting her." "I guess social services will decide." "They've indicated that they're open to suggestion." "Hi." "My name is Frank Black." "I'm here because of Juliet Palmer and Janette Viti." " We've been praying for them." " We pray for all the girls at the prison." "By name, as our Lord God knows and loves us forgotten people, the ones who most need his helping hand." "But Juliet and Janette..." "We had the strongest feelings about them." "Excuse me." "The Lord works in mysterious ways." "Yes, he does." "I made this!"