Sycamore Row

Simeon pleads not guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of driving under the influence. A friend of Harry Rex from another town represents him so the public will see he’s not represented by Jake, but rather by someone they don’t know. Mr. Roston visits Jake at his office. Though he’s overcome with grief, he says Sheriff Ozzie has been wonderful and the letter from Lettie meant a lot to him and his wife. He asks Jake to tell the Lang family that he and his wife forgive Simeon. He meets Portia and hugs her.

Lanier’s private investigator finds a Black woman who successfully sued Seth for sexual harassment five years ago, after he fired her for ending a quid pro quo relationship at work. Seth had told the woman he’d slept with other Black women. Lanier sees this as establishing a pattern that suggests he slept with Lettie. Ramona, Ian, and Lanier convince Herschel to fire his lawyer and join forces with them. Lettie serves Simeon with divorce papers in Parchman Penitentiary. He decides not to contest them.