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00:00:30I know what kind of game you're playing, but I'm not interested.
00:00:33You really need to hear what I'm trying to say.
00:00:35I told you I'd tell Joey you stop by.
00:00:37That good enough for you?
00:00:39No.
00:00:44Everyone saw Amy Fisher as a victim, a teenage girl seduced by an older man.
00:00:50And in some ways she was.
00:00:52But that's not the whole truth.
00:00:54Amy Fisher made choices, devastating choices that nearly cost me my life.
00:01:00I am Mary Jo Buttafuoco, and this is the first time you're hearing the story directly from me.
00:01:06A story a lot of people think they know, but don't.
00:01:10Not all of it.
00:01:11Not everything.
00:01:15Thank you for coming in, Mary Jo.
00:01:17Do you mind if I call you Mary Jo?
00:01:19Sure.
00:01:20You know, you do not look like someone who was shot in the face.
00:01:23Well, it was over 30 years ago.
00:01:26It's been a long journey in the surgeries, but here I am, still intact.
00:01:31Here you are.
00:01:32You know, and that's why I think now is the time that we make a documentary about what you and
00:01:37Amy Fisher suffered through.
00:01:39Excuse me.
00:01:40The other victim.
00:01:42I think reuniting you two would be what I would call undeniable.
00:01:47Just to make sure that I'm following.
00:01:49Mm-hmm.
00:01:50I get shot in the head, which causes me to go through decades of living hell, me and my kids.
00:01:57And you think that Amy Fisher, the person who shot me, is the other victim.
00:02:07Right?
00:02:08That bullet's still lodged in my skull.
00:02:11A permanent reminder of that day.
00:02:13Thanks to what happened, my beautiful, innocent children and I learned what it was like to be watched publicly long
00:02:19before the Kardashians.
00:02:20Amy and Joey both made choices that changed all of our lives forever.
00:02:25Joey!
00:02:25Joey!
00:02:29Look, I never had nothing to do with Amy Fisher.
00:02:31Joey, but if you go to advantage of my innocence.
00:02:34I did not sleep with that girl.
00:02:35The gun went off by accident.
00:02:37You'd think after all this time my story's been fully told, but it hasn't.
00:02:43And I'll start by answering the question on most people's minds.
00:02:47Why did I believe Joey didn't sleep with Amy Fisher for so long after I was shot?
00:02:53Or should I have realized what kind of man Joey was before any of this happened?
00:02:58The answers are clearer now, but they weren't back then, not when this all started, not on day one.
00:03:09I'm going to sit in here.
00:03:21What are you, shy?
00:03:23My mother told me not to talk to strangers at all.
00:03:26I'm Joey.
00:03:27Joey, but if you go.
00:03:29You are?
00:03:30Mary Jo.
00:03:31Mary Jo call me.
00:03:32So, Mary Jo.
00:03:34You believe in density?
00:03:36You mean destiny?
00:03:38No, no, no.
00:03:39I'm talking about the teacher.
00:03:40Don't be mean.
00:03:41Just being mean.
00:03:43Look at all the framed degrees and diplomas behind a desk.
00:03:46I'm talking about density like in the context of describing the volume of something.
00:03:51But, hey, seeing as you brought up destiny.
00:04:07I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
00:04:09No.
00:04:10I'm not going to argue with you.
00:04:13Oh, you better not, Mrs. Butterfucko.
00:04:16Because with our auto body business, we're going to make sure we got whatever we want.
00:04:19and whatever we need for the rest of our lives.
00:04:23I can't believe we were able to save up for and buy a house on top of planning this wedding.
00:04:31Stick with me, babe.
00:04:33You're not going to have a bad day from here on out.
00:04:37Have you been dreaming?
00:04:39It's a celebration, isn't it?
00:04:42Well, you...
00:04:43But you got me.
00:04:46Okay.
00:04:47Let's go.
00:04:51Take a sip.
00:04:54It's his spirit.
00:04:55Come on, get back to dancing!
00:05:04You think it's always going to be like this?
00:05:07You and me,
00:05:08until I'm mine?
00:05:09What could ever stop that?
00:05:19Only life moved on a little faster than either of us expected.
00:05:23I'm pregnant.
00:05:32For real?
00:05:34It...
00:05:34It wasn't this always the plan?
00:05:37Get married?
00:05:39Buy a house?
00:05:40Have kids?
00:05:41It's...
00:05:41Yeah?
00:05:43Yeah.
00:05:44Well, are we even done being kids yet ourselves?
00:05:49I mean...
00:05:50Life was just starting to get good.
00:05:52Look...
00:05:54I can double check with my doctor.
00:05:57But these tests are supposed to be pretty accurate.
00:06:01Plus, I'm late, which is why I did the test in the first place, you know?
00:06:11You know what?
00:06:17This is great.
00:06:21This is really, really great.
00:06:24You mean it?
00:06:26You can always count on me, you know that.
00:06:29No matter what.
00:06:30And that goes for our kids, too.
00:06:33I never do anything to hurt you.
00:06:37Joey was my first serious relationship.
00:06:40My only sexual partner.
00:06:42I was an Irish Catholic girl in the 70s.
00:06:45This was the man I loved.
00:06:47I trusted.
00:06:48I was committed to raising a family with.
00:06:51Being Joey's other half became my identity.
00:06:54And I was sure he loved me just as much.
00:06:57Even though there were times he definitely tested my limits.
00:07:03Joey, they just pulled up behind us.
00:07:05You're speeding, right?
00:07:06What should I know?
00:07:09All right, just so you're going into labor, so I have to drive a little faster, all right?
00:07:12Joey, no, I am not doing that.
00:07:13Just trust me on this, Mary Jo.
00:07:14Come on.
00:07:15Don't I always know what I'm doing?
00:07:35What's the problem?
00:07:37You could have gotten a ticket, Joey.
00:07:40Key word, could have.
00:07:42But I didn't.
00:07:43All because of my brilliant idea.
00:07:46Yeah, yeah.
00:07:48Joy to the world.
00:07:53Stick with me, babe.
00:07:56I can get away with anything.
00:07:58I think Joey really believed that.
00:08:00Which explains why his behavior got even worse after I gave birth to our son, Paul.
00:08:08By the time our daughter, Jessie, came along,
00:08:11I was having more and more trouble keeping track of Joey and what he was up to.
00:08:15Ooh, what's that?
00:08:17It's okay.
00:08:18Yeah.
00:08:19It's almost time to take little Jessica back to the nursery, Mrs. Bettafuoco.
00:08:23Oh, I'm waiting on my husband.
00:08:25He went home to get us on Paul so he could bring him here and meet his little sister.
00:08:29Visiting hours ended over 30 minutes ago.
00:08:32Really?
00:08:35Promised he was coming right back, didn't he?
00:08:39Yeah, he did.
00:08:42Yeah, it's okay, though.
00:08:44I got you.
00:08:45I was really excited to be a good mom and wife.
00:08:49I knew it was the right thing to give up the partying.
00:08:52But Joey, he sort of stayed a perpetual teenager.
00:08:56But that's what everyone loved about him.
00:08:58My mother considered him a son.
00:09:01My baby sister Eileen thought of him as an older brother.
00:09:04Any time I tried to share behavior I was troubled by, everyone assured me that's just Joey.
00:09:10All they saw was his sweetness.
00:09:12Not that he was usually trying to make up for some kind of bad behavior.
00:09:18Is there a beautiful woman in here?
00:09:21Really?
00:09:21Yeah.
00:09:26Oh, Joey, it's beautiful.
00:09:29All right, careful.
00:09:30One big step coming up.
00:09:32All right, I trust you.
00:09:33How we thought?
00:09:34All right.
00:09:35Ta-da.
00:09:36You got me a sports guy?
00:09:38Sports guy.
00:09:40Yeah, I do.
00:09:41I kept telling myself he'd eventually get it together and be the man I thought I married.
00:09:45What are you waiting for?
00:09:46Jump in!
00:09:46I'm getting in!
00:09:47I'm getting in!
00:09:47I'm sorry!
00:09:48I'm sorry!
00:10:00Babe, don't be mad.
00:10:02I didn't mean to stay out this late.
00:10:12It's after midnight, Joey.
00:10:17Remember you promised you would come home and help me put the kids to bed?
00:10:24These things got a little out of hand.
00:10:25Didn't they?
00:10:26This is so wrong.
00:10:27I just wanted it off a little steam.
00:10:33All right, all right.
00:10:34I messed up.
00:10:42I think this potty-in is getting a little out of hand, you know?
00:10:46No, look, I need you to be a part of this family, a part that the kids and I can
00:10:53rely on, you know?
00:10:57Or else, you know?
00:10:59Oh, or else.
00:11:00Yeah.
00:11:02Or else what?
00:11:03Hmm?
00:11:04You can never stay mad at me, babe.
00:11:06Hey, I'm not playing around, Joey.
00:11:12I think it's time you get some help.
00:11:17Hmm?
00:11:19Yeah.
00:11:20Help.
00:11:22Just, you know, look, just to control whatever it is that makes you...
00:11:43You know, you and the kids mean the world to me.
00:11:44I'll do anything to prove that to you.
00:11:49Anything?
00:11:52All right.
00:11:53I will get some help.
00:11:56You will?
00:11:57Your wish is my command.
00:11:59I love you, Joey, but if you go...
00:12:00And I love you, Mary Jo, but if you go...
00:12:03Yeah.
00:12:04And I'll never stop proving that to you.
00:12:07Ever.
00:12:10I should have seen the pattern.
00:12:12Joey would mess up, promise to change, then go right back to his old ways.
00:12:17But I loved him.
00:12:18I loved our kids, our life.
00:12:21I wanted to believe him so badly.
00:12:28Yeah, that'll work as a replacement pot.
00:12:31And I think, uh...
00:12:33Oh.
00:12:42Can't be in the work area, ma'am.
00:12:44Too dangerous.
00:12:46I like danger.
00:12:48Makes me hot.
00:12:52How old are you?
00:12:54Sixteen.
00:12:55Why?
00:12:56Like what you see?
00:12:58Far.
00:13:03I'm talking about my car.
00:13:09Looks a little beat up, to be honest.
00:13:12Only because I like to go fast.
00:13:14And sometimes I get distracted when I see a cute guy.
00:13:22You're really a vicious daughter.
00:13:26Guilty.
00:13:27But don't hold it against me.
00:13:29My dad has an account here, so he would want you to take extra special care of my car.
00:13:38What do you know?
00:13:40Mm-hmm.
00:13:41While I was home taking care of our kids and managing our life, I honestly had no idea what my
00:13:47husband was really doing behind my back.
00:13:50We're not done yet, are we?
00:13:53Don't you ever get tired?
00:13:55Isn't that what you like about me?
00:13:57That I can go longer and more often than your wife?
00:14:00All right, all right.
00:14:01No more of the pay-per-view stuff, okay?
00:14:03These one-hour hotel stays are breaking my bank.
00:14:07You'd have a lot more time and money if you left to marry Joe.
00:14:13How do you know my wife's name?
00:14:15I know your kid's name, too.
00:14:16Paul and Jessica.
00:14:17What's wrong with that?
00:14:18You know, I'm 17 now.
00:14:21Which means I'm legal in the state of New York.
00:14:25We could get married.
00:14:28Would you stop?
00:14:30Undressing you?
00:14:31Or talking about getting married?
00:14:33All of the above.
00:14:36I-I-I want to be with you all the time.
00:14:40What part of I'm married do you not understand?
00:14:51This is where I want you to really pay attention.
00:14:55I know now that Amy Fisher came from a troubled background.
00:14:58That she was struggling with her own pain.
00:15:01And I have compassion for that young girl.
00:15:04But that doesn't erase the choices she made next.
00:15:08Calculated, deliberate choices.
00:15:11She was determined to get what she wanted, and she knew exactly what she was doing.
00:15:35You're Stephen, right?
00:15:38Yeah.
00:15:39I'm Amy.
00:15:40I know Lou.
00:15:41He told me I could find you here.
00:15:45I heard you would do just about anything to spend a little time with a girl like me.
00:15:51She did.
00:15:53I-I mean, uh, yeah.
00:15:56As it happens, you are just the kind of guy I'm looking for.
00:16:00You got a gun, right?
00:16:05I-I've been on a few hunting trips with my uncle.
00:16:09Got a rifle.
00:16:10Hmm.
00:16:11Perfect.
00:16:13Because I need you to kill someone for me.
00:16:20Joey worked hard to provide for the family, but I was the one running the household, paying
00:16:25the bills, taking care of every detail of our lives.
00:16:28Sure, he was a hard worker, but Joey and Mai's relationship was more like mother and son.
00:16:34I grew up while Joey stayed a perpetual teenager.
00:16:41I did a lot of research on adult men who showed no signs of maturing.
00:16:47Peanut-pan syndrome describes adults who cling to teenage habits and attitudes.
00:16:51Yep, that was Joey.
00:16:53Only I had no idea what to do about it.
00:16:56Still, never in a million years did I think he'd ever cheat on me and the kids.
00:17:10I thought you were mad at me for not leaving my wife.
00:17:18How could I stay mad at you, Joey?
00:17:22We were meant to be together.
00:17:28What are you doing?
00:17:30Decided you've been right all along.
00:17:34Oh, yeah.
00:17:35As long as you're married, I don't expect you to marry me.
00:17:38Of course.
00:17:40If that ever changes, I want to be the first in line to be the next Mrs. Butterfuka.
00:17:47Let's go.
00:18:03Come on.
00:18:10Let's go.
00:18:11Let's go.
00:18:13Let's go.
00:18:19There you go, Mr. Two People in the box.
00:19:04You did good, Steven. We can use this information for our next move.
00:19:11Hello. Now we know when Mary Jo's all alone in the house.
00:19:16For?
00:19:18For when we go there to shoot her with your gun?
00:19:21Oh, um, hey, you mean my, my very rifle?
00:19:28Um, I mean...
00:19:31Say it, Steven.
00:19:33I'm not really sure if I can actually kill somebody.
00:19:37I mean, between you and me, I had a hard time killing a deer upstate.
00:19:41Hmm.
00:20:02You wanna sleep with me, don't you?
00:20:05Then all you gotta do is kill that bitch.
00:20:08Trust me, I'm doing public service here.
00:20:11Mary Jo's an obstacle that I'm clearing out of the way for everyone's sake.
00:20:18Hmm.
00:20:25Thanks for treating.
00:20:27How is it that you come by so much cash?
00:20:29I mean, as your boyfriend.
00:20:33Joey?
00:20:34You can say his name.
00:20:35Yeah, but you here with me, isn't that cheating?
00:20:39Uh, first off, he's cheating on me with his wife.
00:20:43Besides, he likes that I'm so sexual.
00:20:45It's one of my many qualities.
00:20:47Cool.
00:20:48So, he just gives you money?
00:20:50Actually, I earn it.
00:20:52Men pay to spend time with me.
00:20:54You know, through an escort service.
00:20:56And Joey's good with that?
00:20:59Yeah, but like I just say, he likes that I'm so comfortable with my body.
00:21:03Cool.
00:21:08So, uh, when are you free to shoot Mary Jo?
00:21:11The sooner the better.
00:21:13Gotta make sure I can get a good aim at her.
00:21:15You know, for the kill shot.
00:21:20Don't worry Steven, I got a plan.
00:21:38Hi, can I help you?
00:21:40I'm here to raise money for my high school.
00:21:43I think you went there too.
00:21:47How would you know that?
00:21:50The, uh, principal's office gave us a list of names to solicit
00:21:54on account of, uh, who wanted us girls to be safe and raising money for the school.
00:22:03And what are you selling exactly?
00:22:05Uh, candy bars.
00:22:08Only got three left.
00:22:10That'll meet my goal.
00:22:13Just, just give me a moment.
00:22:18What are you waiting for?
00:22:33Excuse me?
00:22:34Excuse me?
00:22:37Um.
00:22:42Which, when you want.
00:22:45Have a nice day.
00:22:46Yeah, um.
00:22:50You too.
00:22:55This isn't candy for a school charity.
00:22:59Is she serious?
00:23:03Were you waiting for a written invitation?
00:23:05All you had to do was take the shot.
00:23:07You kept on stepping in front of my aim.
00:23:08I did not want to shoot you by mistake.
00:23:09So instead you didn't end up shooting anybody?
00:23:11After I planned everything perfect.
00:23:16I'll try telling you, I don't think I could ever kill nobody.
00:23:20It's, you can't kill anybody?
00:23:22You idiot.
00:23:25You can forget about me ever sleeping with you now.
00:23:31I'm sorry.
00:23:34Don't be.
00:23:37I'll find a way to kill the bitch myself if it's the last thing I do.
00:23:49Amy Fisher became fixated on Joey.
00:23:52Looking back, I can see how he manipulated that young girl the same way he manipulated me.
00:23:58He was that good at convincing anyone that they were the center of his attention.
00:24:03Everyone loved him.
00:24:05He was Mr. Fun.
00:24:07He had everyone fooled.
00:24:09Especially me.
00:24:11Your carburetor's filthy.
00:24:12I gotta take out the whole thing, clean it up.
00:24:15I don't want to let you drive out of here without me doing that, alright?
00:24:20It's kind of expensive, it is.
00:24:21Yeah.
00:24:23Go.
00:24:24Go.
00:24:25I got good news.
00:24:26The way we can be together all the time.
00:24:29Sir, I'll call you back, alright?
00:24:36Ow.
00:24:38Joey.
00:24:47Hey, hey.
00:24:48Get it through that thick skull of yours once and for all.
00:24:50I'm married.
00:24:55Not for long, you know.
00:24:57Amy Fisher wasn't about to stop trying.
00:25:00In her mind, I was the only thing standing between her and the life she wanted with Joey.
00:25:06And she decided the solution was to eliminate me.
00:25:10She was going to make it happen.
00:25:35I couldn't help but notice you've been staring at me all night.
00:25:39I'm Peter.
00:25:40I know.
00:25:41I know.
00:25:42Amy.
00:25:46Are you messing with me?
00:25:48No.
00:25:49Yeah.
00:25:49But you definitely got something I want.
00:25:53Do what?
00:25:55Relax, Romeo.
00:25:57I'm here on business.
00:26:02Business?
00:26:09I heard you could sell me a gun.
00:26:14Get lost, little girl.
00:26:15Eight hundred.
00:26:17Eight hundred.
00:26:18Cash.
00:26:19Close your mouth, PD.
00:26:21You're practically drooling.
00:26:23Gun.
00:26:25First.
00:26:26Cash.
00:26:27Second.
00:26:29Oh, yeah?
00:26:30What's that?
00:26:32You teaching me how to use it so I don't miss my intended target.
00:26:47Mrs. Butterfucco?
00:26:51Do I know you?
00:26:52No.
00:26:53Definitely not.
00:26:55I'm Anne-Marie Fisher.
00:26:57I'm here because I'm concerned about my little sister, Amy.
00:27:02Why do you look so familiar?
00:27:05Uh, probably seeing me and my sister around the neighborhood.
00:27:08She's why I'm here.
00:27:10She's only seventeen.
00:27:12And how old are you?
00:27:14Nineteen.
00:27:15Which is why I'm so concerned about my little sister.
00:27:18See, because your husband seduced her when she was even younger than she is now.
00:27:24Is this some kind of prank?
00:27:27Your husband's Joey Butterfucco, right?
00:27:31Listen, look, I'm a little busy right now, so if you're done messing around-
00:27:34No, no, I'm serious.
00:27:36Your husband and my little sister have been sleeping together.
00:27:39I have proof.
00:27:45Where'd she get this?
00:27:48You can't even get this at the shop yet.
00:27:50Your husband gave it to my little sister.
00:27:52After he slept with her.
00:27:54Over and over and over.
00:28:00Look.
00:28:01I don't know how you got this, but keep it.
00:28:04I don't want it.
00:28:09I'll tell Joey you stopped by.
00:28:11No, don't do that.
00:28:13Why not?
00:28:14Listen, I don't want any trouble.
00:28:16I'm here.
00:28:17I'm here because...
00:28:19What are you looking at?
00:28:21Is that who you came here with?
00:28:23Look, I don't know what kind of game you're playing, but I'm not interested.
00:28:26I told you I'd tell Joey you stopped by.
00:28:28All right?
00:28:28That good enough for you?
00:28:29No.
00:28:33No.
00:28:35No.
00:28:37No.
00:28:39No.
00:29:01No.
00:29:01No.
00:29:02No.
00:29:04In an instant, everything about my life was changed forever.
00:29:08Dr. Carpito, are you, please?
00:29:10Dr. Carpito, are you?
00:29:11Dr. Carpito, are you?
00:29:12I don't understand.
00:29:13Shouldn't we have heard something by now?
00:29:14Mr. Barofiucco.
00:29:16Oh, this is Eileen.
00:29:17This is Mary Jo's sister.
00:29:19Is Mary Jo okay?
00:29:20Your wife's still with us.
00:29:22The bullet severed her carotid artery and is lodged at the base of her brain,
00:29:26just above her spinal column.
00:29:29but she'll be okay she'll live honestly it's too early to tell we want to operate but even if she
00:29:38survives the surgery she's likely to have severe brain damage could even be paralyzed deaf and or
00:29:43blind with your permission we'll operate right away you do what you got to do you go save my
00:29:49wife we'll do the best we can i don't understand who would do something like this who'd want to hurt
00:29:59mary joe nobody i can think of that's just true
00:30:07so
00:30:08I don't know.
00:30:37This is Bucco, Bucco.
00:30:52Mary Jo, can you hear me?
00:30:57Can you blink if you hear me?
00:31:05Mary Jo, you've been shot.
00:31:08We're doing everything we can for you.
00:31:10Stay strong now, okay?
00:31:20Mary Jo, hey, who shot you?
00:31:25Who did this to you?
00:31:28Don't try to speak, Mrs. Bucco.
00:31:29You've been outfitted with a tracheostomy too.
00:31:35We better sedate her.
00:31:37Can we at least let her try writing?
00:31:46I was fighting for my life while everyone else was fighting about the truth.
00:31:51No one took me seriously at first because they were convinced that I had brain damage.
00:31:54Not to mention, they couldn't remove the bullet since it might have put me in even more danger.
00:32:09No one took me in even more danger.
00:32:11Hey, Mary, who's that?
00:32:14Is that who shot you?
00:32:38You know, we don't know any Anne-Marie.
00:32:46She's writing more.
00:32:52Even with a bullet in my head, I was determined to be heard.
00:33:00None of this is making any sense.
00:33:10Your wife has suffered a great deal of harm.
00:33:14It's very likely she's delirious or worse.
00:33:18We're still assessing possible brain damage.
00:33:21I lost track of all the surgeries and physical therapy sessions I had to go through.
00:33:27I wasn't the one who committed the crime, but I was the one paying the price.
00:33:54The bullet penetrating your jawbone likely saved your life, but it got stuck there, and we
00:34:01weren't able to remove it without jeopardizing you further.
00:34:04Unfortunately, with the bullet being so close to your brain and spinal cord, it's likely that
00:34:08your facial paralysis and hearing loss are permanent.
00:34:13Honey, it's okay, babe, you don't have to.
00:34:18When can I go back to solid foods at least?
00:34:21As you know, your jawbone was shattered.
00:34:23It's only liquids for now.
00:34:28And how about her eye?
00:34:30She has to wear an eye patch for a while due to severe corneal damage.
00:34:35We are going to find out who did this.
00:34:37I already know who did it.
00:34:44I don't know why she did it.
00:34:58I spoke to the nurse.
00:35:00She's going to have your pain medication at the top of the hour.
00:35:08Sweetheart, we're going to get through this.
00:35:11Okay?
00:35:13I don't care what that doctor says.
00:35:18What the police, the police, thank you.
00:35:25I keep telling you, I got no connection to this Aunt Marie or her sister.
00:35:31Honey.
00:35:33Honey.
00:35:35Honey.
00:35:35I did not have an affair with this awful person who shot you.
00:35:40Or anyone, for that matter, on our kids' lives.
00:35:45I swear.
00:35:46I swear.
00:35:54Come on.
00:35:55Come on.
00:35:56Come on.
00:35:56Come on.
00:36:00Okay.
00:36:01Okay.
00:36:01Okay.
00:36:02Okay.
00:36:02It hurts.
00:36:04It hurts.
00:36:05Only a few more questions, Mr. Butterfuco.
00:36:08Anything to help find her did this to Mary Jo?
00:36:10According to your wife, the young lady with the gun said that you and her little sister were having an
00:36:15affair.
00:36:20Uh...
00:36:25No, I got no knowledge of that sort of thing.
00:36:27We got an axe.
00:36:28This shirt.
00:36:30You know how many shirts we give away in a year?
00:36:33It was one of the new golf shirts.
00:36:36Yeah.
00:36:37Those are still in boxes.
00:36:40She...
00:36:40She said...
00:36:43You gave it to her little sister.
00:36:46And it's how she was trying to prove that what she said was true.
00:36:53It wasn't.
00:36:55It isn't.
00:36:58I don't know.
00:36:59Maybe someone stole the shirt.
00:37:01Maybe another employee of your auto body shop had access to him?
00:37:07You know, on second thought, there actually was a customer I gave one of those shirts to as a preview.
00:37:14A male customer.
00:37:17Elliot Fisher.
00:37:19And he's the only one you gave a golf shirt to?
00:37:21Maybe this Elliot Fisher has some daughters or nieces or something.
00:37:35Amor's.
00:37:42There's a lot of things.
00:37:43We got something.
00:37:43About time.
00:37:47Give him a little bit of a drink.
00:37:51All right.
00:37:51It's her...
00:37:53Yes.
00:37:54That's the girl that shot me.
00:37:56That's Aunt Murray.
00:37:57Amy.
00:37:58Yeah.
00:37:58Amy Fisher.
00:37:59The daughter of your customer, Elliot Fisher.
00:38:03Wow.
00:38:04So he had kids, huh?
00:38:05One daughter.
00:38:09We just needed your confirmation.
00:38:11Now we can lure her in.
00:38:13How are you going to do that?
00:38:24Stick to the script.
00:38:25Nothing more?
00:38:26Nothing less.
00:38:27Yeah, yeah.
00:38:28Got it.
00:38:39Hello?
00:38:40Hey, is this Amy Fisher?
00:38:41This is Joey Butterfuoco from the auto body shop.
00:38:43Joey, how come you...
00:38:44You know what's better?
00:38:45We talk in person.
00:38:46Yeah.
00:38:48Uh...
00:38:48Can you meet right now?
00:38:49Just, uh, tell me where you're at.
00:38:52Okay.
00:38:54Be right there.
00:39:08Stay calm.
00:39:09Could be just a, uh...
00:39:11Traffic ticket.
00:39:13Step out of the vehicle and put both hands on your head.
00:39:28Amy, did you do it?
00:39:30And if you didn't, who did?
00:39:31Amy!
00:39:32Miss Fisher!
00:39:33Talk to us, Miss Fisher!
00:39:34Amy!
00:39:35It'll take two minutes.
00:39:36Amy!
00:39:36Amy!
00:39:40Amy!
00:39:40Amy Fisher, dubbed the Long Island Lolita, since it's rumored she was having an illicit affair
00:39:44with the victim's husband, is now the prime suspect in the shooting of Mary Jo Butterfuoco.
00:39:50It should be noted that Miss Fisher is only 17 years old, leaving many to wonder just how
00:39:56responsible someone this young could be for the circumstances she finds herself in.
00:40:01The media portrayed Amy Fisher as this sweet 17-year-old who'd been taken advantage of,
00:40:06who didn't know what she was doing.
00:40:09I understand the complexity now, that someone can be both victim and perpetrator.
00:40:13But I was there on that front porch the day she shot me.
00:40:17And Amy Fisher knew what she was doing.
00:40:20Before, during, and after.
00:40:34Hey, what are you doing?
00:40:35Back off!
00:40:36Clear a path!
00:40:37Come on!
00:40:39I got you, I got you.
00:40:45Boy, these people don't have anything better to do, huh?
00:40:49I keep telling you, sweetheart, we're famous.
00:40:51I don't want to be famous.
00:40:54I want my kids.
00:40:56Mom!
00:40:57Hi!
00:40:58Oh, Mom!
00:40:58Hey, come here, come here.
00:41:00Careful, Paul and Jessie.
00:41:02Your mother's still hurt.
00:41:03Don't listen to your father.
00:41:04I love you.
00:41:05I love you, too.
00:41:06I never want you to let go.
00:41:08I love you, baby.
00:41:09Who do you believe, Mary Jo?
00:41:11Your husband?
00:41:11Do it.
00:41:12Amy Fisher.
00:41:12Amy Fisher.
00:41:28I was so beaten up, so dependent on Joey financially.
00:41:32I didn't want to break up our family.
00:41:35The kids were young.
00:41:36I was worried what people would say, what my Irish Catholic mother would think if I questioned
00:41:41Joey's and my wedding vows.
00:41:43Joey was all I knew, all I thought I had, and he seemed so sincere.
00:41:51It wasn't so much that I was ignorant, it's that Joey was that good at being dishonest.
00:42:02The realization that my life would never be the same, that I might never be able to smile
00:42:07again, was something I didn't know if I could ever come to terms with.
00:42:25Jess?
00:42:34Sweetie, you're awake, huh?
00:42:55Can I see this?
00:43:17You are the sweetest girl.
00:43:37I keep telling you, it was an accident.
00:43:40That's all you've got to say for yourself?
00:43:46I was confused on account of Joey is so much older than me, and I really didn't know what
00:43:52I was doing.
00:43:53You've got to believe me, the gun went off by itself, I swear.
00:44:00The physical evidence told a different story.
00:44:04Detectives had the theory that the gun Amy used had its slide pulled back before it was
00:44:08fired, which showed she came to my home with the intent to shoot me.
00:44:13That was hard to accept.
00:44:15All I wanted was for my life to return to normal, and that meant putting faith in my family.
00:44:26I'm not sure this is the best idea, Joey.
00:44:29You know, I mean, it feels like, it feels like it's too soon.
00:44:44What did I tell you?
00:44:45Everyone loves you.
00:44:46Same as us.
00:44:48Especially me.
00:44:50All right, let's go find Les Cabanda for your mother.
00:44:52Come on.
00:45:07Does it hurt?
00:45:10Excuse me?
00:45:11But the bullet went in now.
00:45:14You want to know a secret?
00:45:17The bullet is still in my head, yeah?
00:45:20In my jaw.
00:45:22Can we see?
00:45:24Sure you can.
00:45:27If you had x-ray vision like Superman, you'd be able to see right through it.
00:45:38You're the coolest lady ever.
00:45:45He's right, you know.
00:45:47You're definitely the coolest lady ever.
00:45:50Joey was a fabulous liar and manipulator, but he wasn't the only one still hiding the truth
00:45:55of what really happened.
00:45:58I'm glad we came.
00:46:17So, anything change?
00:46:18You can ask me the same questions over and over all you want.
00:46:22My story's never going to change.
00:46:24None of this is my fault.
00:46:26I got caught up in other people's troubles is all.
00:46:29Their manipulations.
00:46:32I was used.
00:46:37A Mr. Steven Sleeman and a Mr. Peter Guigente tell a very different story from the one you've
00:46:42shared, Ms. Fisher.
00:46:44The first guy says he helped you try and kill Mary Jo Butterfuco last November.
00:46:49And when that plan didn't work out, the other says that he sold you a gun and drove you to
00:46:56the Butterfuco residence so that you could do it yourself.
00:46:58We're not going to comment on what sounds like hearsay at best.
00:47:06Holding back information isn't going to do you any favors.
00:47:11We're aware of our rights.
00:47:16According to sources, the only person who doesn't suspect Joey Butterfuco had an affair with
00:47:22the accused assailant is his wife, the gunshot victim, Mary Jo Butterfuco.
00:47:32Come here and gifts.
00:47:38Apple sauce and cottage cheese.
00:47:40At least you don't beat it through a straw.
00:47:42Yeah.
00:47:49I hear the news on here again?
00:47:52Hmm?
00:47:52How many times do I got to tell you that stuff's no good for you?
00:47:56Can I help it if we're all that's on TV?
00:47:59And if we're going to be famous or infamous?
00:48:02You know who really doesn't mind being famous?
00:48:05It's that girl.
00:48:08Who?
00:48:14You go ahead and say it.
00:48:16You don't believe I never stuck with Amy Fisher, do you?
00:48:19Looking back, I can see the cracks forming all around me.
00:48:24If only I'd been ready to admit it to myself at the time.
00:48:27It's not that I don't believe you, Joey.
00:48:30I just wish that these idiots on TV did.
00:48:36The things that these reporters, these newscasters are saying about us.
00:48:41About our marriage.
00:48:45We've got to make sure Paul and Jesse never see this stuff.
00:48:49Amy Fisher is a very confused young girl.
00:48:53Sure, I remember her being in the shop a lot.
00:48:55Her dad let her charge repairs to his account.
00:48:57She was a really bad driver, always getting into all these accidents.
00:49:02What do you think she says about me?
00:49:04Bull-faced lie.
00:49:05That's all there is to it.
00:49:06Besides, there's something I want to talk to you about that's better than TV.
00:49:09Oh, yeah?
00:49:10What's that?
00:49:14Movies.
00:49:17Dear Mr. and Mrs. Butterfuco, if you'll kindly grant us your valuable time for a meeting,
00:49:24we'd like to explain how telling your story cinematically can bring something good out of
00:49:30something that's been truly awful for you.
00:49:41Hollywood came calling sooner than the police could wrap up the case.
00:49:46Everyone wanted in on the action.
00:49:48They were making three movies at the same time.
00:49:51I couldn't believe it.
00:49:52But everyone around me thought it was so exciting.
00:49:55Oh, Mary Jo's on TV.
00:49:57Joey's consulting on a movie.
00:49:58See, I thought to myself, if this was happening to my best friend, it would be exciting.
00:50:04So, I went along with it.
00:50:09Even though we were on the set for one of the movies, I was still in total denial of
00:50:14the absurdity of it all.
00:50:17Not to mention, barely functional because of all the drugs I was on for pain.
00:50:22And action.
00:50:24You're going to want to hear what I have to say.
00:50:26I need to get back to my painting.
00:50:28He's lying to you.
00:50:31It's not how it happened.
00:50:33I'll tell you what, babe.
00:50:35Just be glad that one of these movies is finally telling my side of the story.
00:50:39Our side of the story.
00:50:42Yeah, well, he lies about a lot of things.
00:50:48You okay?
00:50:49Yeah.
00:50:56Someone call 9-1-1.
00:50:57Mary Jo.
00:50:58Mary Jo.
00:50:59You okay?
00:51:00Come on.
00:51:12Joey?
00:51:30You should be resting, Mary Jo.
00:51:33You don't mind me calling you that, do you?
00:51:36No.
00:51:36Of course not.
00:51:41So, um...
00:51:42Are you feeling well enough for me to ask a small favor?
00:51:45No.
00:51:49No.
00:51:50No.
00:51:50No.
00:51:51No.
00:51:52No.
00:51:53I figure if I get yours and Joey's, then all I need is Amy Fisher's.
00:51:57Although I am very much Team Mary Jo.
00:52:01I never wanted to be recognized in public.
00:52:04I was happy being a wife.
00:52:06A mom.
00:52:07I loved my life.
00:52:09All I wanted was to be there for my children.
00:52:12Those three movies did nothing to help my anonymity.
00:52:15At this point in my life, I've seen myself shot in the head on TV more than 300 times.
00:52:22Everything became about Joey and Amy.
00:52:25Me and my kids got lost in the shuffle.
00:52:29And things just kept getting worse.
00:52:32There she is.
00:52:33There she is.
00:52:33There she is.
00:52:33There she is, Amy.
00:52:34Is Joey Badafugo the one who told you to shoot Mary Jo, Amy?
00:52:37Whose idea was it to kill Mrs. Badafugo?
00:52:40If you're innocent, we want to hear from you, Amy.
00:52:42You can talk to us.
00:52:57What's so funny?
00:52:58This show really cracks me up.
00:53:00Come on.
00:53:02Watch some TV with us.
00:53:04Take a load off.
00:53:08No, I'm okay.
00:53:17A lot of the comedy shows back then thought it was funny to do sketches making fun of what happened.
00:53:22What I was going through.
00:53:24Me being paralyzed on one side of my face.
00:53:27You know who didn't find any of that funny?
00:53:30Me.
00:53:36Can't even watch those comedy shows right now.
00:53:39I'm not knowing when they're going to make fun of us again.
00:53:49When did I?
00:53:51Did we become the punchline?
00:53:55Our lawyer's looking in to sue in the shows that are doing that.
00:53:58Well, because I got shot in the face because I can believe you.
00:54:03Man, I promised love to let that do his part.
00:54:07You know?
00:54:09What you and I got is rock solid.
00:54:13No one needs to understand that except for you, me, and the kids.
00:54:16Looking back, I can see I had all the symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome.
00:54:20I still didn't think Joey had been having an affair with the person who did this to me.
00:54:25Life was too foggy because of the multiple pain medications I was on.
00:54:30When I was in sixth grade, I had a concussion after a bad fall and couldn't remember anything for a
00:54:35short period.
00:54:37Catholic school left me back a grade.
00:54:40Everyone called me immature, the left-back baby.
00:54:43Kids told me I was stupid.
00:54:45Then later in life, this all happens and now I'm stupid again because I'm not leaving Joey.
00:54:52Because I believed the man I swore to stay with for better or for worse.
00:54:58These interrogations are bordering on harassment.
00:55:01My client remains a frightened young girl.
00:55:03A victim of everyone who's trying to take inappropriate advantage of her.
00:55:07We're just trying to do our best to piece together the facts as they're revealed to us.
00:55:11For everyone's best interest, including Ms. Fisher's.
00:55:14If you've got something you haven't disclosed, that alone could be grounds for...
00:55:17What I'm asking for is a little clarification on all the stuff about Ms. Fisher being reported on TV night
00:55:22after night.
00:55:23Tabloid fodder, none of which has been substantiated.
00:55:25Just some people trying to make a quick buck off all the publicity surrounding my client.
00:55:32Call me, Cap.
00:55:41Don't worry.
00:55:42We're still going to get him to agree to a plea deal.
00:56:08I just wanted to let you know that Amy Fisher's grand jury testimony has been temporarily postponed.
00:56:13What?
00:56:14Yeah, apparently she's been hit hard by a news story airing last night with a video of her admitting to
00:56:19her boyfriend
00:56:20that she's keeping her name in the press to make a lot of money and get a super high-end
00:56:24car.
00:56:25Really?
00:56:26Mm-hmm.
00:56:27So, uh, they said that she'll be there for at least a week for psychiatric examination and observation.
00:56:33Look, it's not like I wanted to, you know...
00:56:37I'll be in touch when we have more information.
00:56:40Okay.
00:56:42Take care of yourself, Mary Jo.
00:56:52Everything good?
00:56:56Nothing's been good since May, Joey.
00:56:59Or have you not been paying attention?
00:57:01Babe, I...
00:57:02Amy's in the hospital for psychiatric examination.
00:57:09Yeah.
00:57:09Yeah, I mean, I keep telling you how messed up she is.
00:57:15What about me, Joey?
00:57:19Do you understand how long I have been waiting to finally see the person who shot me testify to a
00:57:24grand jury?
00:57:25So she will finally face charges?
00:57:28I do.
00:57:30No.
00:57:40This is never going to end, does it?
00:57:50will today be the final chapter in the lengthy saga of the long island lolita
00:57:54inside this courthouse amy fisher will at long last come face to face with her victim
00:57:59it will be the first time the two have seen each other since may 19th 1992 when amy fisher
00:58:05allegedly visited a tranquil massapiqua home and put a bullet in mary joe buttafico's head
00:58:25let's try to keep this matter as efficient as we can since the defendant has already
00:58:30agreed to plead guilty to the shooting in arrangement for her plea deal
00:58:41the defendant has a statement she wishes to enter yes your honor
00:58:52seeing amy fisher in person for the first time since the shooting was surreal
00:58:57the girl who tried to kill me in the same room but i held my head high i knew who
00:59:03i was
00:59:04i had my integrity and i wasn't trading it for anything
00:59:15sometimes i think this was a nightmare and it didn't really happen and then i realized that it did
00:59:21i went up to the doorstep with a loaded gun in my pocket i spoke with mrs buttafico outside her
00:59:27massapiqua home for 15 minutes until mrs buttafico turned to go back inside
00:59:33i hit her on the back of the head i hit her again the gun went off i tried to
00:59:40get her off of me
00:59:41and i hit her i think twice and then i left i ran away
00:59:49these your honor are all true they are all facts
00:59:53and i cannot and will not take them back for the sake of harmony
01:00:03and now i believe we'll hear from amy fisher's victim
01:00:10make no mistake this courtroom will not devolve into the media frenzy that has surrounded these
01:00:17goings-on for the last year and a half this is buttafico
01:00:35my two beautiful children are having a difficult time leaving me alone
01:00:41they are afraid i might not be there when they get home from school
01:00:45they have been severely traumatized by this event
01:00:49and this to me is the greatest tragedy of all
01:00:53all this damage by someone who still shows absolutely no remorse for her actions
01:01:02the bullet is still lodged in the base of my brain and causes me constant pain and suffering
01:01:07the future holds numerous operations and if there is any unnatural movement of the bullet
01:01:14i am faced with paralysis and perhaps even death
01:01:19i understand you have a letter written by your daughter jessica that you'd like to read
01:01:26thank you for putting amy fisher in jail she has done so many bad things to my family and i
01:01:35please make amy fisher stay in jail for a very long time so she can't hurt my mom again
01:01:44my daddy brother paul and i love her very much
01:02:09so far the seductive teenager has stuck to her story that she had a steamy romance with mary joe buttafico's
01:02:16husband joey buttafico who isn't in the courtroom today
01:02:19at an earlier news conference he once again claimed he never had sex with the accused
01:02:25i have a brief statement amy fisher is a liar and has zero credibility
01:02:31she knows that i know she's a liar i know she has no credibility that's all i'm going to say
01:02:37you are a tragedy and disgrace to yourself to your family to your friends and to society
01:02:50and you deserve no less than the maximum sentence i can impose by law
01:02:55for many months you had stalked mary joe buttafico like a wild animal stalks its prey
01:03:04motivated by lust and passion you were a walking stick of dynamite with the fuse lit
01:03:11amy fisher you're sentenced to five to fifteen years in prison
01:03:20do you have anything you wish to say to the court or to mrs buttafico
01:03:29if i could change everything i would if i could put my hand over her face and make it go
01:03:35away i would
01:03:38i don't want to be the amy fisher that stands here today
01:03:41i want to be the amy fisher i was before i met joe buttafico in november of 1990
01:04:01do you still believe your husband didn't sleep with amy fisher
01:04:05do you feel sorry for her at all you don't need to talk to me okay amy fisher is a
01:04:09liar
01:04:09not to mention an attempted murderer all right and the da is taking her word over joey's
01:04:16i am not going to let this one person destroy our lives
01:04:23there you have it
01:04:37you're married joe buttafico right you've been through so much i am a big fan thank you
01:04:47i am so embarrassed sorry no it's okay have a nice day all right
01:04:54is it true what they're saying that amy fisher can describe you know joey's privates
01:04:59i developed this weird ability to ignore what anyone was saying i still believed joey i was in pain
01:05:07mental and physical and on way too many drugs to know the difference not to mention being raised
01:05:13catholic in the 60s absolutely shaped my view of what was right and wrong catholics don't get
01:05:19divorced one time when joey and i temporarily separated my mother said this is what happens
01:05:25when you don't have jesus in your life that was her answer to everything i was going through
01:05:31everyone close to us still believed joey even when one of his former employees told a talk show
01:05:36joey had admitted to sleeping with amy fisher and the da filed charges because of it
01:05:45i keep telling you that former employees just trying to stir up trouble none of what he says on tv
01:05:50is true
01:05:55you want me to go to trial to get sentenced for something i never did
01:05:58six counts of statutory rape twelve counts of sodomy one count of endangering the welfare of
01:06:05a child
01:06:08if you never did any of it
01:06:12why did the grand jury indict you
01:06:15and why would going to trial be a problem joey
01:06:19our lawyer says taking the plea deal is the safe bet even though you and me we both know i
01:06:25never did what that girl said
01:06:39hey no no no no that's true don't get yourself worked up
01:06:44how is this all gonna be done i could save my face or i could save my butt
01:06:50and be here with you and the kids where i belong
01:07:02this is the last of it
01:07:04all right the last of this awful nightmare i take the plea
01:07:07and then we can finally move on and get the happy ever after
01:07:11that you me and the kids deserve
01:07:13this was yet another wake-up call but i wasn't ready to wake up
01:07:19instead i numbed myself with pills
01:07:22believed harder
01:07:24held on even tighter
01:07:25to a version of joey that didn't really exist
01:07:32when this relationship began
01:07:34i was not just a 16 year old teenager taken to bed by a man over twice my age
01:07:40i was a 16 year old teenager shown a world that i was not ready for
01:07:44a world of elaborate spending and fast boats
01:07:48this man took me to expensive restaurants and cheap motels
01:07:55i hope whatever sentence you might impose today will send a message to other teenagers
01:07:59who might be tempted by men like mr but if you go
01:08:06i know with all my heart that if mr but if you go had permitted me to cross the bridge
01:08:10between
01:08:12adolescence and adulthood unmolested i would not be where i am today
01:08:21thank you
01:08:45i cannot accept your plea unless in fact you are guilty
01:08:50please tell me
01:08:56on july 2nd 1991 i had sexual relations with amy fisher at a motel
01:09:17there is a family involved here joseph
01:09:20mary joe's father in-laws children that's the kind of man joey is
01:09:26he did all he could do in that courtroom so that everybody else's life could go free
01:09:31joey why didn't mary joe accompany you here today
01:09:33last night mary joe had a rough night her true pain is for her children that's all we're saying
01:09:48these are for the walls in your cell daddy it's not a cell baby it's a room
01:09:52so you don't forget about us
01:09:54these are great jess
01:09:59how about you champ you doing all right
01:10:01i don't know this is all right joey
01:10:05bringing the kids here to visit you of all places huh
01:10:09you know the lawyer says i'll get off early
01:10:11four months instead of six
01:10:13then it'll be like none of this ever happened
01:10:15yeah maybe not for the both of us huh
01:10:18you wait and see mary joe i'm gonna prove it to you
01:10:20everything gets better from this moment
01:10:23look what her daughter do for me huh
01:10:27pretty good
01:10:29let me any orange come on
01:10:30after the statutory rape conviction when joey got out of jail the neighborhood threw a huge party
01:10:37joey came home a triumphant hero
01:10:40nothing he did or was accused of changed the opinions of those closest to him
01:10:44not our friends not our family not me not yet
01:11:02hello don't be upset
01:11:03what am i not supposed to be upset about joey it's the whole of the night here
01:11:08huh
01:11:13i uh
01:11:17i was arrested for solicitation uh here in la
01:11:22what
01:11:25you swore you were gonna stay out of trouble while you were on the west coast
01:11:28it was a total setup i i'm innocent
01:11:31you forget that you're on parole
01:11:33hmm no i talked to the lawyer he's gonna clear it all up
01:11:37yeah and what what about the next time joey huh
01:11:41everything's just gonna get cleared up for you again
01:11:45because everything's about you right
01:11:48you know all the news just makes everything about amy
01:11:52and at the end of the day nobody cares about the woman
01:11:55walking around with a bullet permanently stuck
01:11:59in her jaw
01:12:00sweetheart we're gonna clear this up okay
01:12:17with joey it always wasn't him
01:12:19it didn't happen this way he didn't give her the money whatever
01:12:23it was the same crap i heard over and over again
01:12:32i needed the pills to function i wasn't getting high
01:12:35i was avoiding incredible pain
01:12:38physical and i now realize mental
01:12:41the pills dulled my mind and my instincts
01:12:45i relied on drugs for seven long years
01:12:48but eventually even they couldn't numb the depths of what i was feeling
01:12:53after joey's arrested la i went into a spiral of depression
01:12:57at this point i just wanted to be dead
01:13:12i didn't know where else to turn what else to do
01:13:20mom
01:13:21it's been like three days you've been in here
01:13:34mommy
01:13:39jess
01:13:39you scared me
01:13:44sorry honey i just
01:13:47i even felt like doing much
01:13:48past two days but sleep you know
01:13:51all me and paul want is to see you happy
01:13:55okay i know that
01:13:57sweetheart but
01:14:00the paralysis from the bullet is permanent
01:14:03one half of my face is never gonna work right
01:14:06okay
01:14:07thanks
01:14:08but that doesn't mean i don't love you and paul
01:14:10with all my heart okay
01:14:18thank you
01:14:19you're too good to me
01:14:22come here
01:14:23i love you
01:14:25it was the lowest point in my life
01:14:27and i gave up fighting
01:14:32nothing was getting better
01:14:34i was so torn up on the inside
01:14:36so depleted
01:14:39i actually researched carbon monoxide poisoning
01:14:42that's how low i sunk
01:14:45i didn't think there was any way out for me or my kids
01:14:49thank god i finally realized i wasn't thinking with a clear mind
01:15:02i finally decided if the bullets still lodged in my head hadn't done me in
01:15:06then i was gonna have to somehow find a way to go on
01:15:09let's make sure
01:15:11are you sure about this
01:15:13mm-hmm
01:15:13this is the best idea
01:15:14yeah well i wouldn't be footing the bill if i didn't
01:15:19you remind me that there's still good in the world
01:15:21you know that
01:15:24i could say the same to you mary joe
01:15:27look we both know that pills aren't the answer
01:15:30not ultimately
01:15:33but it's time you treated yourself
01:15:35after all this mental pain you've been suffering through
01:15:43thank you
01:15:44thank you
01:16:06you
01:16:07oh
01:16:09you gotta help me all right
01:16:10you gotta at least give me my my prescription okay
01:16:12Okay? Please?
01:16:16Please!
01:16:17Mary Jo, it can get better from this moment if you decide to make this your rock bottom.
01:16:42You can do this.
01:16:46I'll get you some water.
01:16:56Thank you for sharing.
01:16:58And what about shame?
01:17:01Oh, definitely me.
01:17:04Sorry, did you say fame or shame?
01:17:07I don't really know what's worse.
01:17:10The fact that I...
01:17:13I never wanted to be famous or the fact that I...
01:17:18I really love being a mom and a wife.
01:17:22And I know that that's not popular to say nowadays, but it's true.
01:17:31I loved it.
01:17:34I never wanted to be recognized in public, least of all for having a life-altering injury.
01:17:38For people thinking that I'm an idiot.
01:17:42For desperately trying to honor my wedding vows, you know?
01:17:47I never wanted any of this.
01:17:53Not for me and...
01:17:58Especially not for my kids, you know?
01:18:02From what you shared, I'm not sure that was a choice you made for them.
01:18:30From what you shared, I'm not sure that was a choice you made for them.
01:18:32Jesse!
01:18:32Come here, come here, come here, come here!
01:18:34I missed you so much!
01:18:35Oh my God, I missed you so much!
01:18:37Thank you for your letters.
01:18:39And your drawings.
01:18:41Where's your father?
01:18:43He couldn't make it.
01:18:44Don't worry about it. Forget I said anything.
01:18:46I'm just so happy you're here.
01:18:48You look great!
01:18:49Kinda happy!
01:18:50Just kinda?
01:18:52From now on, we're gonna be really happy.
01:18:56You know, my time in here did me a lot of good.
01:18:59I can finally let go, move on, got my power back.
01:19:05And that means I gotta forgive.
01:19:07Forgive?
01:19:07Who?
01:19:18Go ahead, Miss Fisher.
01:19:20I'd like to say something to Mary Jo.
01:19:30What happened to you wasn't your husband's fault, wasn't your fault, wasn't my father's fault, and wasn't anybody else's fault.
01:19:38It was my fault.
01:19:40And I have spent the last seven years trying to figure it out.
01:19:46It was my fault, and I'm sorry.
01:19:57Mrs. Butterfield?
01:19:58Mrs. Butterfield?
01:20:07You did not need a stink at me.
01:20:11Evie Fisher.
01:20:12Amy Fisher has shown great remorse and sorrow for what she did to me.
01:20:19You're being given a second chance at life, and-and I pray that you'd take it and make something good
01:20:25out of something tragic.
01:20:36i'm sorry i'm truly very sorry
01:20:47people always ask why did i forgive the person who tried to kill me
01:20:52it wasn't for amy fisher's sake i promise you
01:20:56it was for me back then i still had a lot to figure out about joey about myself
01:21:03but i knew this much i wasn't gonna let hate define me not anymore
01:21:13your honor given that my client now accepts full responsibility for the terrible act of seven years
01:21:19ago and in light of her testimony we're urging you to grant miss fisher parole
01:21:26when i finally came to my senses and told my mother i was leaving joey she didn't speak to me
01:21:31for four months i was wrong he was right i was the bad catholic that's the stronghold joey still
01:21:39had on everyone who knew him one day i just looked at that picture of our family covered joey's face
01:21:46with my thumb and realized me and the kids were better off without him
01:21:53i know you might be wondering if there was some big moment that caused me to finally leave joey
01:21:58some dramatic confrontation or giant revelation
01:22:01but it wasn't like that it was more like death by a thousand cuts
01:22:07it took years and years before i realized joey was never going to change
01:22:11and it was time for me to reclaim my power my life
01:22:15i was finally done with him once and for all
01:22:19today our son paul has a limited relationship with him
01:22:24jesse and i don't speak to him at all and yes people still ask me about amy fisher
01:22:29needless to say we aren't in touch the gun went off by accident
01:22:32her version of events has changed over the years since she shot me
01:22:36it was joey who told me to go up to the door point the gun and keep firing
01:22:40her truths aren't necessarily mine
01:22:42i took the plea deal on account i get parole three years after i went to jail
01:22:46amy fisher's story is hers to tell
01:22:49mine is about survival about refusing to let what she did
01:22:54define the rest of my life me and my kids are still here
01:22:59we're still standing we're still smiling
01:23:02that's our victory and would you believe i even got married again
01:23:07stew tendler and his children were a wonderful gift
01:23:11each of them showing paul jesse and me what it meant to be part of a family that
01:23:15loved and was committed to one another
01:23:18even though the marriage didn't last stew reminded me of my worth
01:23:21and that led to yet another surgery that was completely unexpected
01:23:25you really think i'm gonna be able to smile again dr aziz today
01:23:28i've been dealing with this frozen look for so long feels like i've
01:23:32you know kind of given up hope
01:23:34there's certain muscles
01:23:36keeping your paralysis from improving
01:23:38what i'm talking about is rewiring your nerves
01:23:40my mom doesn't think of herself as pretty or beautiful
01:23:43and when the complete opposite's true
01:23:46she's the most beautiful person i know
01:23:49the surgery will be intense
01:23:51i'd be using a nerve stimulator to identify which microscopic nerves are working
01:23:55and which are misfiring
01:23:57well mary joe what do you say
01:23:58my smile was there all along mind you
01:24:01just hidden
01:24:02but it was always under the surface
01:24:05thanks to jesse and paul
01:24:06who through everything always gave me a reason to be happy
01:24:11now dr aziz today was offering me a chance to show my smile to the world again
01:24:19mom
01:24:20how are you
01:24:22so can you smile now or what
01:24:30i don't know
01:24:32i'll try to tell me a joke
01:24:35dad
01:24:39mom
01:24:41doctor said it's gonna get even better
01:24:44you're amazing
01:24:46to this day joey doesn't accept any responsibility for the lives he wrecked
01:24:50he never apologized to paul or jesse
01:24:53he couldn't even admit to me in person that he really did sleep with amy fisher
01:24:58speaking of causes for celebration
01:25:00may 15th around the corner
01:25:02must we celebrate when you're getting older
01:25:06duh
01:25:07that's kind of what people do on their birthdays mom
01:25:10yeah i think i'd rather celebrate shooting day on
01:25:13may 19th
01:25:16oh my gosh
01:25:17that's genius
01:25:19the three of us celebrating everything we survived on the actual date everything about our lives changed
01:25:25yeah i wasn't certain i was being serious about that
01:25:29shooting day
01:25:31i'm in
01:25:31we're gonna take back that date that's always brought us shame and fear
01:25:35and we're gonna make it our own
01:25:41who are you calling
01:25:42i'll make them restaurant reservations at our favorite italian place for may 19th
01:25:47mom you're a genius
01:25:51so that's what we do now
01:25:54every may 19th paul jesse and i get together and celebrate survival day
01:26:00because it's our day
01:26:02and no one else's
01:26:04we're finally through being a spectacle
01:26:07and done with letting that date pull us back into the misery of what was in the past
01:26:11i am married joe but if you go
01:26:14i'm alive
01:26:15i'm grateful
01:26:16i'm at peace
01:26:18and i'm smiling
01:26:22i feel a change in the air
01:26:27i feel a change in the air
01:26:28i feel a change in the air
01:26:40i feel a change in the air
01:27:31i feel a change in the air
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