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PART 1
Recap provided by Jeyon
[Aug 11, 1939]
Of four young black women chattering in a kitchen at the end of the day, one is a stunningly beautiful lady called "Sadie". One of the other ladies, named "Blanche" waits for her date, "Manross" also called "the Candyman". After Sadie's warm exchange with the young girl whose mother owns the house, Blanche asks about Sadie's own 10-year-old daughter who she had to leave behind in Virginia. Sadie said that she will bring her daughter up when she has enuf money. But, later that night, Sadie lies desheveled and dead on the kitchen floor.
[Present]
An attractive young black woman in a business suit talks with Lilly and Scotty about the cold case of Sadie Douglas. This young lady turns out to be the granddaugher of Sadie, and daughter to the girl that Sadie left behind in Virginia. Her mother, recently dead, was ashamed of Sadie because she was working as a prostitute in Philadelphia when she was murdered. While the police believed the killer to have been a random john, this lady found letters from Sadie to her daughter which suggested otherwise. One of the letters said that Sadie was afraid that the "milkman" would hurt her.
[Opening Credits]
[Present]
In a large storage facility, Lilly and Scotty find the police case folder for Sadie Douglas. It contains a closeup photo of Sadie's broken fingernails.
At the police station, the detectives examine the folder's contents. The records say that Sadie was a prostitute who died in a boarding house--a boarding house known to take in prostitutes as boarders. The last to see Sadie alive was another boarder named "Blanche". A ticket to New York City was also found.
At the granddaughter's office, Lilly and Scotty ask permission to exhume Sadie's body so they can test for DNA under her fingernails. The granddaughter, the one who's name we shall not say, consents. They also ask if Sadie ever mentioned Blanche, and the one who's name we shall not say pulls out a photo of Blanche and Sadie. She reads part of the accompanying letter.
[approx 1939]
We see a close of up Sadie's letter being written and, then, of Sadie reciting the letter.
[Present]
At microfiche machines, Detectives Jefferies & Vera learn that the milk company that delivered milk to the boarding house was hit by a severe fire in 1939.
At the storage facility, Lilly and Scotty find a police folder on Blanche, arrested for prostitution in 1940. Scotty recognizes the name of the man that bailed her out: Manross Delaney, the Candyman--the owner of a highly successful candy franchise.
Lilly and Scotty visit an upscale house. A lively older black woman greets them. She identifies herself as Blanche and then calls to her husband, Manross. Settled in the living room, they say they didn't know of any plans of Sadie's to go to New York. At the mention of "milkman", Blanche tells of a white man named "Pierce" with a fire-scarred face, who delivered milk to the boarding house, calling him a "southern rebel wannabe"
[1939]
A milk truck with two white men pull up to the boarding house as Blanche descends the steps to the sidewalk. The driver has a scarred face and refuses to take the milk to the "@#$%# house". The second man, called "Jonesy", notices Sadie as she emerges from the house, commenting that she almost looks white. He starts to carry the milk up to the house when the driver yells at him to drop the milk. After he does, shattering the bottles, the driver says to let her clean it up.
[Present]
Blanche says that Sadie wouldn't let it be cleaned up. When Lilly mentions the letters to Sadie's daughter, Blanche reveals that, like the rest of them, Sadie didn't read nor write. However, she didn't say who else could have written the letters.
Back at the police station, Jefferies & Vera inform the others that the fire was caused by white workers upset over the hiring of blacks. Several people were killed or maimed. Pierce was one of the injured and his home address was listed in the newspaper. The detectives wonder who wrote the letters and so Scotty takes them to a handwriting expert who immediately identifies the writer as very probably female and promises more detail in a few hours.
At Pierce's address, Jeffries & Vera find Pierce's granddaugther who reveals that he died 10 years earlier and that he left a diary.
At the station, Jeffries & Vera tell what they learned from the diary. Pierce frequently mentions the "Fifth Day". They know he was part of a group of workers injured in the milk company fire and wonder if they were the same thing. From an entry in his diary, the detectives learn of the aftermath of the broken milk bottles.
[1939]
Deliverying the next do to the boarding house, the two milkmen are upset that the broken milk bottles weren't cleaned up. Jonesy suggests that the Fifth Day could teach her a lesson. The driver agrees. Jonesy takes the new delivery of milk up to Sadie waiting on the porch. His thrusts his face at her but she doesn't wince and he leaves her the milk.
[Present]
At the station, the detectives speculate that Jonesy was the milkman that worried Sadie. They also decide to check criminal records for Pierce and the Fifth Day.
At the DA office, Lilly learns from ADA Kite that the budget is too tight and the need for a 1939 case is not pressing enuf to guarantee an exhumation. (Their relationship seems to be in the same type of limbo.)
At the station, the detectives have learned that the Fifth Day was a group of racists who terrorized black people moving up from the South. The name derives from the Biblical version of Creation: "God said Let us make man in Our image." A photo of the group includes Jonesy who didn't appear to have any fire-related injuries. Jonesy's last name is unavailable. Lt Stillman reports that the handwriting analysis points to a kid. Records says that the only kid would have been the landlady's daughter.
[Present]
An aging black lady enters the kitchen of the former boarding house. She acknowledges that she wrote Sadie's letters when she was 10 years old. And she tells of what happened between Jonesy and Sadie.
[1939]
In a note hidden under a milk bottle, Jonesy asks Sadie to forgive him. Before long, they are exchanging notes via the milk delivery and love blossoms between them.
[Present]
The old woman thinks that Sadie's comments about being hurt by the milkman simply meant that she was afraid of being hurt emotionally by him. She says the notes continued for months and she still has them all. When Scotty asks, she recalls that on the day Sadie was murdered, Jonesy wrote a note asking for a proper meeting.
At the station, the detectives read a note from Jonesy which promises to care for Sadie and her daughter. Another note suggests that Candyman was a competitor for Sadie's affection.
At the Delany's house, Manross admits to having crush on Sadie but she didn't reciprocate. Manross didn't know of Sadie's relationship with the milkman until the day she died.
Recap provided by Jeyon
[Aug 11, 1939]
Of four young black women chattering in a kitchen at the end of the day, one is a stunningly beautiful lady called "Sadie". One of the other ladies, named "Blanche" waits for her date, "Manross" also called "the Candyman". After Sadie's warm exchange with the young girl whose mother owns the house, Blanche asks about Sadie's own 10-year-old daughter who she had to leave behind in Virginia. Sadie said that she will bring her daughter up when she has enuf money. But, later that night, Sadie lies desheveled and dead on the kitchen floor.
[Present]
An attractive young black woman in a business suit talks with Lilly and Scotty about the cold case of Sadie Douglas. This young lady turns out to be the granddaugher of Sadie, and daughter to the girl that Sadie left behind in Virginia. Her mother, recently dead, was ashamed of Sadie because she was working as a prostitute in Philadelphia when she was murdered. While the police believed the killer to have been a random john, this lady found letters from Sadie to her daughter which suggested otherwise. One of the letters said that Sadie was afraid that the "milkman" would hurt her.
[Opening Credits]
[Present]
In a large storage facility, Lilly and Scotty find the police case folder for Sadie Douglas. It contains a closeup photo of Sadie's broken fingernails.
At the police station, the detectives examine the folder's contents. The records say that Sadie was a prostitute who died in a boarding house--a boarding house known to take in prostitutes as boarders. The last to see Sadie alive was another boarder named "Blanche". A ticket to New York City was also found.
At the granddaughter's office, Lilly and Scotty ask permission to exhume Sadie's body so they can test for DNA under her fingernails. The granddaughter, the one who's name we shall not say, consents. They also ask if Sadie ever mentioned Blanche, and the one who's name we shall not say pulls out a photo of Blanche and Sadie. She reads part of the accompanying letter.
[approx 1939]
We see a close of up Sadie's letter being written and, then, of Sadie reciting the letter.
[Present]
At microfiche machines, Detectives Jefferies & Vera learn that the milk company that delivered milk to the boarding house was hit by a severe fire in 1939.
At the storage facility, Lilly and Scotty find a police folder on Blanche, arrested for prostitution in 1940. Scotty recognizes the name of the man that bailed her out: Manross Delaney, the Candyman--the owner of a highly successful candy franchise.
Lilly and Scotty visit an upscale house. A lively older black woman greets them. She identifies herself as Blanche and then calls to her husband, Manross. Settled in the living room, they say they didn't know of any plans of Sadie's to go to New York. At the mention of "milkman", Blanche tells of a white man named "Pierce" with a fire-scarred face, who delivered milk to the boarding house, calling him a "southern rebel wannabe"
[1939]
A milk truck with two white men pull up to the boarding house as Blanche descends the steps to the sidewalk. The driver has a scarred face and refuses to take the milk to the "@#$%# house". The second man, called "Jonesy", notices Sadie as she emerges from the house, commenting that she almost looks white. He starts to carry the milk up to the house when the driver yells at him to drop the milk. After he does, shattering the bottles, the driver says to let her clean it up.
[Present]
Blanche says that Sadie wouldn't let it be cleaned up. When Lilly mentions the letters to Sadie's daughter, Blanche reveals that, like the rest of them, Sadie didn't read nor write. However, she didn't say who else could have written the letters.
Back at the police station, Jefferies & Vera inform the others that the fire was caused by white workers upset over the hiring of blacks. Several people were killed or maimed. Pierce was one of the injured and his home address was listed in the newspaper. The detectives wonder who wrote the letters and so Scotty takes them to a handwriting expert who immediately identifies the writer as very probably female and promises more detail in a few hours.
At Pierce's address, Jeffries & Vera find Pierce's granddaugther who reveals that he died 10 years earlier and that he left a diary.
At the station, Jeffries & Vera tell what they learned from the diary. Pierce frequently mentions the "Fifth Day". They know he was part of a group of workers injured in the milk company fire and wonder if they were the same thing. From an entry in his diary, the detectives learn of the aftermath of the broken milk bottles.
[1939]
Deliverying the next do to the boarding house, the two milkmen are upset that the broken milk bottles weren't cleaned up. Jonesy suggests that the Fifth Day could teach her a lesson. The driver agrees. Jonesy takes the new delivery of milk up to Sadie waiting on the porch. His thrusts his face at her but she doesn't wince and he leaves her the milk.
[Present]
At the station, the detectives speculate that Jonesy was the milkman that worried Sadie. They also decide to check criminal records for Pierce and the Fifth Day.
At the DA office, Lilly learns from ADA Kite that the budget is too tight and the need for a 1939 case is not pressing enuf to guarantee an exhumation. (Their relationship seems to be in the same type of limbo.)
At the station, the detectives have learned that the Fifth Day was a group of racists who terrorized black people moving up from the South. The name derives from the Biblical version of Creation: "God said Let us make man in Our image." A photo of the group includes Jonesy who didn't appear to have any fire-related injuries. Jonesy's last name is unavailable. Lt Stillman reports that the handwriting analysis points to a kid. Records says that the only kid would have been the landlady's daughter.
[Present]
An aging black lady enters the kitchen of the former boarding house. She acknowledges that she wrote Sadie's letters when she was 10 years old. And she tells of what happened between Jonesy and Sadie.
[1939]
In a note hidden under a milk bottle, Jonesy asks Sadie to forgive him. Before long, they are exchanging notes via the milk delivery and love blossoms between them.
[Present]
The old woman thinks that Sadie's comments about being hurt by the milkman simply meant that she was afraid of being hurt emotionally by him. She says the notes continued for months and she still has them all. When Scotty asks, she recalls that on the day Sadie was murdered, Jonesy wrote a note asking for a proper meeting.
At the station, the detectives read a note from Jonesy which promises to care for Sadie and her daughter. Another note suggests that Candyman was a competitor for Sadie's affection.
At the Delany's house, Manross admits to having crush on Sadie but she didn't reciprocate. Manross didn't know of Sadie's relationship with the milkman until the day she died.