Getting into the halfway point of The Good Daughter, we're steadily learning more and more about Charlie and Sam's past, what drove them apart, and how reuniting has been for the estranged sisters. With Rusty recovering from being shot, Sam takes his place for the Kelly Wilson case, throwing her right back into the life and world she left behind all those years ago.
The Good Daughter episode 3 picks up in the chaos of the fire alarm going off in the courthouse as Sam struggles to walk without her cane. She remembers the stress of their house burning down. Charlie makes it down to Sam to help her back up the stairs. In the car ride home, Sam asks Charlie about being knocked out by the cops, but she deflects the question.
They argue about "getting out" of Pikeville, but Charlie bites back at her sister about never abandoning their father. In a flashback, Sam listens to a voicemail from Rusty. She explains to Rusty that she likes to hear his voice, but she can't talk to him. She's excited for Charlie's interview in New York. Back in real time, Charlie and Sam pull up to Zach Culpepper Jr. waiting for them.
Sam doesn't wait a second to exit the car to confront them, and Charlie quickly follows with a gun in her hand. The two sides trade barbs about the past, and when Zach Jr. tells Sam she should have died, she counters that his father should have been a better shot. Without another word they leave. The next day, Charlie catches up with Ben. A noisy neighbor forces her to reveal she can't have kids.
What happened between Sam and Charlie in New York?
While Charlie's out, Sam looks around Charlie's house and the various memories her belongings hold. Sam talks to Rusty, who insists that she needs to get the video of Kelly confessing sealed before it leaks to the press. Sam asks why Charlie and Ben aren't living together, but she doesn't get an answer. Later, Sam meets with Rusty and his team to go over more case details.
Charlie tangles with Kenneth Coin at the courthouse, who's yet again trying to intimidate her to no avail. But the fact that he made Kelly's father's new charges disappear is still troubling. As a patent lawyer, Sam struggles with the stakes in Kelly's case. Charlie stops Judith, who's prepping for her husband's funeral, while walking in town. She doesn't believe Kelly would have killed Douglas.
In the car, Sam and Lenore talk about their past brushes with the Culpeppers, and Sam can't understand how anyone doesn't believe Zach and Daniel killed her mother and tried to kill her when she and Charlie saw them. There's a conspiracy that Rusty picked them out of a lineup for payback. Sam asks again what's going on with Charlie, but Lenore won't spill any details.
Another flashback to New York picks up with Charlie informing Sam that she canceled her interviews. Sam accuses Ben of being the reason Charlie turned them down, but Charlie explains that she thinks she's pregnant and she wants to be with Ben. She explains that she wants to work out of their dad's office. Sam's angry and screams at Charlie, blaming her for everything that happened in the past.
She blames Charlie for her physical condition, claiming that she took the bullet to save Charlie's life. Clearly, she thinks that Charlie owes her something. She gives Charlie an ultimatum about her future. Charlie obviously didn't follow the life plan Sam wanted for her and that's why they didn't speak to each other for an entire decade.
Sam and Lenore pull up to the Wilsons' house, and Sam speaks with Ava. Kelly's mother explains that her father, Eli, is planning to testify against Kelly because the Coins are pulling the strings. When Sam asks whether the gun could be Eli's, Ava notes that his revolver was missing from his truck. She also claims that Eli didn't love Kelly enough to hit her.
Sam learns the truth about Kelly and "The Baby"
After Eli escorts his lawyer to his car, Ava quietly begs Sam to keep fighting for her daughter. Meanwhile, Charlie meets up with Huck to offer warnings about the arraignment. He asks Charlie if Sam knows that Mr. Pinkman was shot first. Huck has been wondering about the sequence of shots and supposes that the first two bullets killed Douglas and the third killed Emma.
Under this theory, Charlie asks if Huck thinks Kelly shot at Judith. Kelly allegedly shot all six rounds of the gun but didn't reload. Huck remembers Kelly looking "shellshocked." Charlie ends their conversation, worried that continuing to compare notes will put them in danger. She visits her dad at the hospital and gets some advice, including a push to honestly talk with Sam.
A flashback finds Charlie and Ben kissing and she alludes to some physical discomfort before beginning to bring up the subject of her pregnancy. That's when Sam returns to the apartment and begins the fight. As it turns out, Sam left the room and went to the bathroom because she was having a miscarriage. She weakly tried calling out for Sam as her sister yelled at her through the door.
Sam and Ben have a brief catch-up in the courthouse, and they are much more cordial and honest than Sam and Charlie have been with each other. Ben takes Sam to talk to Kelly in an interrogation room. Kelly explains that she got sick and wasn't allowed to properly clean herself up. Sam brushes Kelly's hair and remembers brushing Charlie's hair.
Kelly's taken away by a guard and Sam demands a fresh shirt before she sees the judge. Sam also reminds Kelly not to talk or look around while in court. Charlie enters the courtroom and stands on the side, taking note of the victim's family. The male judge asks Sam to remove her glasses, and she explains they are tinted prescription lenses for a medical condition.
Sam brings her glasses to the judge for him to inspect, and he also asks about what she's wearing (pants). Feeling insecure, Sam feels better when she spots Charlie giving her a grin and a nod from the back of the room. Sam enters Kelly's not guilty plea, which begins a back and forth with Coin. He pushes back on Sam wanting to test Kelly for receptive issues and the video recording.
Coin interrupts Sam, and she allows him to do so, to explain that all CCTV recordings are being processed. But Sam counters that there's a recording by Sheriff Coin that's being concealed. She pushes for the recordings to be handed over. Despite Coin's pushback, the judge sides with Sam. Coin causing a scene, claiming Kelly asked if "the baby" was dead in the school hallway, alluding to Emma, the girl who was killed and was called "the baby" by her family.
Sam looks to Charlie, who subtly shakes her head. Sam turns to Kelly, who crosses her arms around her abdomen. When court is adjourned, Sam hugs Kelly and feels her stomach. Kelly whispers in Sam's ear, confirming that she's pregnant. She tells Sam that she felt the baby kick the night before. Charlie looks at Sam expectantly, and Sam subtly nods. The baby Kelly asked about was hers.
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