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First Day Back

Coming Soon: First Day Back Season 2

First Day Back

Stitcher Studios

Comedy, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6657 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

First Day Back returns this season with the story of Lucie and Gerry, lovebirds who were together for 13 years. Until the fall of 2010, when Lucie accidentally shot and killed him. And here's the thing. She has no memory of killing him. Lucie's story isn't just about what she did, it's about the aftermath. How does she come back from the worst thing she's ever done, when she doesn't even remember doing it? Season 2 of First Day Back debuts April 11, with new episodes out every Tuesday.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Why didn't I put the guns away? Why didn't I do that?

0:08.0

I had time the day before to do it, but I didn't do it.

0:12.0

Why? I should have done it.

0:14.0

Lucy and her husband Jerry were together for 13 years.

0:19.0

They lived in rural Ontario, in Canada. People called them lovebirds.

0:26.1

Until the fall of 2010, when she shot and killed him.

0:34.5

Hi, I'm Tali Abacassas. I'm a documentary filmmaker and the host of First Day Back, a podcast about coming back from something that changes you.

0:44.6

This season, I'll be following Lucy Paquette, who served five years in prison for killing her husband.

0:50.8

And here's the thing. She doesn't remember doing it.

0:55.7

She was so confused about whether he was alive or dead or if something had happened to him.

1:00.6

I had done a number of other murder cases, but not one where it was in the final analysis, never fully understood.

1:10.6

She was a controller, so she had no more control, so they could have had a big argument,

1:16.6

and then Jerry said, I'm going, and that's it, that's all, and ignore her.

1:21.6

We never know what's going on behind closed door.

1:24.6

It's like you fall asleep during a movie.

1:28.5

You saw the beginning of the movie

1:30.4

and you saw the end.

1:34.0

But what about the middle, you know?

1:37.0

Now that Lucy is out of prison,

1:39.2

what will her life be like?

1:41.5

How is she going to rebuild?

1:43.6

Jill probably saved my life.

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