Previously on "Big Sky"...
There were two bags.
One had money and one had dr*gs.
Where is it?
What do you want me to do with this guy?
DIETRICH: k*ll him.
- No, no! No!
- [g*nsh*t]
Cereal? It's my comfort food.
My mom would let me eat
it when I was a good boy.
LINDOR: Anybody here?
♪
I got bear spray.
[GRUNTS]
[TIRES SQUEAL]
How could he have escaped?!
I don't know.
I'm gonna find him before
he does any damage.
- I believe this belongs to you.
- [BAG THUMPS]
REN: Jag, meet Stone.
- Jag is here to...
- Oversee.
That's not how I'd put it.
JAG: Where is the money?
I have a hunch.
Any update on the fingerprint
job I gave you?
Got prints off the coffee cup.
State has the key chain
from Harvey's crime scene.
Waiting on them to compare.
- Give them a nudge, will you?
- I'm on it.
[MUFFLED SCREAM]
Where's the money, Maxie?
Why don't you put down the wrench?
Did you come for my daughter?
Tell her to stop looking for me.
Son of a bitch!
[GRUNTS]
Phoebe? Phoebe?
Hello, Ronald.
CASSIE: What the hell?
Dad?
[CRYING]
♪
OPERATOR: Are you still there?
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
Hello?
The police are almost there.
Are you still with me?
Are you still there?
OFFICER: [MUFFLED] Clear.
- JENNY: [MUFFLED] Cassie?
- Clear.
Cassie?
[EXHALES SHARPLY] Cassie.
Okay, come on. Come here.
♪
Give me a hand!
Whoa, whoa.
I got you.
[GRUNTS]
- Come on.
- No.
♪
- Wait...
- Come on.
Let's get you home. Let's get you home.
♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
Joseph didn't go down without a fight.
Yeah.
There's been a couple reports
of meth heads breaking
into local businesses.
Back door lock was tampered with,
so that might be what we're looking at.
Doesn't seem like anything was taken.
And there's nothing of
value here to begin with.
Well, a meth head wouldn't know that,
and crime of opportunity escalated.
I'll have Denise do an inventory.
Maybe somebody was looking for a file.
Or maybe Joseph wasn't
the original target.
What, you think someone
wanted to hurt Cassie?
Could be.
What was she working on?
She was circling the cartel.
If someone wanted to leave a message...
I'll park a car outside her
place around the clock.
Thanks.
♪
[SIGHS] Damn it.
♪
[ENGINE TURNS OFF]
Here we are.
We've got goats and chickens
and dogs that come when you call.
It's our own little,
private slice of heaven.
She looks scary.
Oh, that's just a trick of the light.
How about a nice cup of cocoa?
You can put as many
marshmallows in it as you want.
I want to see my mom.
Of course you do.
She's waiting for you.
[BANGING]
[MUFFLED GRUNTING]
Are you bad people like Ronald?
No, Phoebe. We're good people.
Isn't that right, Aggie?
The best people in the world.
Now, come. Let's go see your mother.
♪
♪
[SIGHS]
- [MUFFLED GRUNTING]
- You have made a mess, Ronald.
A real mess.
♪
Time to fix it all up.
[MUFFLED SCREAMS]
♪
Your mother's in here.
♪
[DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS]
♪
- Oh, Phoebe!
- Mom!
Oh, my God! Thank you! Thank you!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Where's Ronald?
Wolf's taking care of him.
♪
[DOOR LOCKS]
Hi. Come here. Let me see you.
Your hair's longer.
♪
The bad man hurt Ronald.
I'm sure Ronald will be just fine.
Are they going to hurt me?
No.
No, they're not.
Because you're with your mom now,
and I'm never going to let
anyone separate us ever again.
♪
I'm gonna get us out of here.
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
[SIGHS]
Hey. Love you.
I know you do.
[SOBBING]
♪
KAI: I miss Grandpa.
Come here.
[SNIFFLES]
I miss him, too, baby.
Why did someone want to hurt him?
I don't know.
Are you gonna catch them?
Yeah. I promise.
I know you can do it, Mommy.
[SIGHS]
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Something really bad happened
at the dojo last night.
That woman knows we have her money.
What did you tell your teacher?
I lied to him about what's going on.
Good.
I think he can help us.
Okay. I'm telling Mom and Dad.
They'll know what to do.
Uh, no. You absolutely cannot do that.
So your sensei's gonna save us?
We just can't tell Mom and Dad.
We can still fix this.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
When you get to your house,
you tell your mother
you slept at a friend's,
and you don't say a
single word about this,
not to your mother, not to anyone.
Let's go.
You're gonna show me where
the money is. Come on.
No, I told you. It's in Madison's room.
- Well, you're coming with me.
- No!
Listen.
I get the money and I'm
out of your life forever.
That's what you've always wanted, right?
Come on. Come on.
♪
Pipe wrench found near Joseph?
Wiped clean. No prints.
- Not even Joseph's.
- And the door handle?
Door lock jimmied, amateur in
nature, but again, no prints.
And the blood work?
So far, only Cassie's dad,
but I got the lab analyzing
digital samples.
Report back as soon as you get word.
You got it.
What?
I want to keep a tight circle on this.
What if there's a connection
to the syndicate?
Trooper Dewey had Cassie
under surveillance.
It's not a terrible theory,
but at this point,
everything's still on the table.
Look, we both know that
was not a random break-in.
And so we need to be extra careful
in case this is the
work of the syndicate.
- I am done being careful.
- Hey.
I need you to have a
clear head here, Jenny.
Don't tell me how to do my job.
I'm just trying to make sure
you're not jumping to
conclusions, all right?
How's Cassie doing?
Not well.
Yeah.
We gotta get her some answers.
I'm gonna start with every
security camera on that block.
You'll have the warrant
before lunchtime.
Thank you.
♪
Where's Scarlet?
She's with Phoebe.
I hope you're gonna
do what we discussed.
I need to talk to him first.
Talk to him? Why?
I said I'll take care of it.
I will take care of it.
Everything will be fine.
Everything is not fine, Wolf.
- Ronald k*lled a man.
- I know that!
♪
I've never put an animal down this size.
I don't know the correct dose.
A k*lling dose. That's all you need.
Do it.
Or I will.
♪
[CELLPHONE BUZZES]
_
- Hello?
- REN: Hi, Bridger!
You know who this is, right?
Uh... uh, no.
Word of advice, kid.
Leave the lying to the professionals.
So, how do you want to do this?
"I would like my money, pretty
please, with sugar on top,"
or did you want the alternative
with missing limbs and dead parents?
I already told you.
I-I don't have your money.
Do you really want me to
come back to your house?
[OVER SPEAKERPHONE]
I guess it could be fun.
Big family dinner, then
a little m*rder party.
You don't want to do that.
Why, you gonna hide behind
Sensei Porkchop again?
- I gotta go.
- Yeah, you do.
Look, kid, however you want to do this,
you got hours.
♪
- [CELLPHONE LOCKS]
- Let's go.
We have to give her the money.
[EARBUD CLICKS]
♪
No way. No.
- Where the hell is it?!
- I don't know!
♪
Call Max and Harper.
- Tell them to come over now!
- Okay, okay!
[RINGING]
We're so screwed.
[METAL RATTLING]
Hey!
Where is Phoebe?!
I am talking to you!
- Where is Phoebe?!
- Of course you are.
I just wanted my family together.
I was coming right back to the ranch.
Yet you didn't.
You had to make a little pit stop.
It's all over the news.
I didn't mean to hurt him.
Right, you just wanted
to love him to death
with that wrench, isn't it?
He came after me.
Why?
Why were you even there?!
You know why.
Yes.
It's nature.
Not nurture.
But you have betrayed
my trust for the last time.
Look, j-j-just let me out of here.
We'll go away, and...
- and w-we'll never come back again.
- No. No, I can't do that.
There are no more mulligans.
No more do-overs.
The only question now is... how?
♪
In each spiritual journey,
there's a vigil.
Take tonight, think
about what you've done,
and tomorrow, I want to
hear about every victim...
who they were and where they are.
Tell the truth...
and you'll get the sweet
sleep of modern medicine.
Lie to me, and you will feel
every last gasp of breath.
No. Please. Please, no.
Please.
I have changed.
♪
- No! Please! Please!
- [DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
- BRIDGER: What was she thinking?
- I don't know.
How could you?
I-I wanted to call you,
but T-Lock didn't let me take my phone.
I texted as soon as I could.
You broke into our house.
- T-Lock made me.
- Right.
Okay, you guys, let's just calm down.
It's not like Max had a choice.
This is so messed up.
Why can't we just let T-Lock
take the fall for this?
I mean, we really don't
have the money anymore.
It's someone else's problem now.
That somebody's me!
This is my problem!
She threatened to k*ll our family.
- For real?
- Yeah.
- This is your fault.
- Hey, come on.
You're not the only one
whose life was threatened.
How are we supposed to believe that?
♪
Because I'm your friend.
And I-I don't even know
where Tracy is right now.
♪
We can just tell this woman
that he has her money.
You have no idea what she's capable of.
I can't believe you, Max.
♪
I need help.
I just... I just need to tell someone.
I can't... I can't do this, guys.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I can't.
Max, wait!
♪
SURVIVALIST BOB: Where
do you want me to start?
Stone or the Bhullars?
Well, first, let's see if Stone
did what I told him to do.
Is there a dead man in there?
Nope. Just rats, and no T-Lock.
Go on.
k*ll one, for old time's sake.
I find k*lling small things
helps focus the mind.
Just find Stone.
♪
[KNOCK ON WINDOW]
[SIGHS]
[WHISPERING] What the
hell are you doing?
Well, I called you twice.
I'm not gonna just use the front door.
- I was in the shower.
- Yeah, I can see that.
What's up?
I heard about Cassie's father.
How's she doing?
[SIGHS]
Cassie's numb...
as you can imagine.
And you?
- Me?
- Yeah.
Nothing else matters until
we find out who did this.
Okay. What's the going theory?
Don't have much. Maybe Ren Bhullar.
She and Cassie were butting heads.
Was thinking of starting there.
Yeah. Ren didn't do it.
That sounds definitive.
No, it's just not her style.
And besides, I'm with her now, so...
Meaning?
Meaning I would know.
Okay.
Um...
maybe Dietrich?
Cassie did point a g*n at him.
Mm, no. I don't see
that, either, though.
So you have all the answers here?
I'm sorry. I'm just...
I mean, maybe it's a possibility.
I know I'm grasping.
It's... Cassie we're
talking about, so...
- Yeah, no, I get it.
- [SIGHS]
Look, I-I'm, uh...
I'm gonna talk to Dietrich, okay?
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
You sure you're okay? You wanna...
You want me to stick around?
And do what?
I mean, well, I can think of about
five things right off the top.
Mm. I think...
Hmm?
... I gotta wake up early.
Hmm.
♪
♪
Dad didn't give you enough allowance
to get your own dinner?
Bridger Ryan.
Ring a bell?
All-American kid, dabbles in karate,
and stealing from our family.
I'm just curious as to why
you're dragging your feet.
- You gone soft?
- Go ahead.
k*ll a kid.
See how that goes.
If you don't have the balls to do it,
have your lap dog Donno do it.
Set an example so we
can get out of Montana.
- This place has opportunities.
- You know better.
Dad's never gonna let
you set up shop here.
Profit margins on the real estate,
transit lines, proximity
to the border...
this place is it.
But you know what's gonna
get us run out of town?
Murdering a kid in broad daylight.
A kid with a very sympathetic white face
that you know is gonna
get on national news.
A kid whose parents are
lawyers and have resources
to hire a private investigator
like Cassie Dewell,
who is already making
my life a living hell.
So, what you think is me being soft
is me being smart, Jag.
I'm not gonna let you ruin
what I'm setting up here.
You don't get it.
You can make $ million down
here and it doesn't matter.
You don't matter.
You're a porcelain doll on a shelf,
but you know what happens
when you screw this up...
and you inevitably
will... it falls on me.
Dad is gonna blame me for your mistakes
just like he always does,
so know your place
and take care of business.
Or I will.
♪
You know what's sad?
I'm smarter than you.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Go ahead, laugh.
But Mom knew it.
You know what she said
right before she d*ed?
She told me that you and Dad
were never gonna be
able to acknowledge it,
but I know you know it's true,
and it kills you.
[SCOFFS]
[SILVERWARE CLATTERS]
♪
I'm gonna call Dad.
Of course you are.
♪
♪
NARRATOR: Inside every bite is a memory,
a time when everything was okay.
That comfort is always within reach.
It lives forever, inside
every box of Cocoa Chunks.
♪ And pour a bowl, just one bite ♪
♪ Now everything's gonna be all right ♪
WOMAN: Start your morning
with Cocoa Chunks,
made with real chocolate...
♪
[ECHOING] Everything okay?
♪
[INSECTS CHIRPING, DOG BARKING]
- [GRUNTING]
- [CHAINS RATTLING]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
♪
[GROANS]
[HUMMING "ROCK-A-BYE, BABY"]
I want to go home.
This place is stranger than Aunt Mary's.
We will, honey.
Mommy just needs to think for a moment.
She needs you to be brave, okay?
[DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS]
I made you something to eat.
Thank you.
Hey.
When can I speak to Ronald?
- In time.
- Agatha, please.
Phoebe is an innocent child.
At least let her out of this room.
Don't talk to me about innocence.
You have jeopardized
everything we've built.
What is Wolf going to do?
What's fair.
Bad dogs face bad consequences.
♪
Good night, Phoebe.
♪
[DOOR LOCKS]
♪
♪
I'm sorry, Aggie.
The experiment is over, Wolf.
[SIGHS]
You must put Ronald down. k*ll him.
You have partners, remember?
If they get wind of this,
they will k*ll all of us.
I can handle Milton.
No, you can't.
You need to do what needs to be done.
♪
[SIGHS]
I'll do it after our final
session tomorrow.
♪
And Scarlet?
What about her?
I've seen inside her.
Into her soul.
And it is ugly and black as night.
Just pl... [SIGHS]
Scarlet... What about Phoebe?
We will raise Phoebe.
A child needs her mother.
Scarlet is not a fit mother.
We brought in two monsters.
We thought we could
fix them and we failed.
It's time for them to be
removed from the world
so they can't do any more harm.
This, um, v*olence towards women...
[SIGHS] it's something Rick would do.
♪
Then leave her to me.
You deal with Ronald, and we...
we will pick up the pieces.
I don't know. It seems
completely unrelated.
Only two doors down.
Same amateurish lock-break.
They smashed a window and
grabbed cash out of the safe.
Nothing was wiped down.
Totally different MO.
One thing I know about meth heads...
they like sugar and shiny objects.
Yeah, like staplers. Not
a single stapler missing.
Denise's sugar bowl,
no one even touched it.
- She's got the good stuff.
- That RV.
I recognize it from
the security footage.
It's been sitting there for a while.
Yeah? Next up is the boot.
Ever tell you about the guy I caught
trying to cut the boot off?
unpaid tickets.
Just run the plates, please.
Copy that.
♪
My parents, they'd freak.
A-And my friends...
I don't know if I can
trust them anymore.
You've been carrying a heavy burden.
I'm scared.
- Help me.
- First thing you're gonna do
is wipe "scared" from your vocab.
There's no place for it.
Okay, but w-what am I gonna do?
We're going full Chuck Norris.
Okay, yeah. We're gonna fight him.
No. You got two lawyers for parents.
You tell them everything,
have them thr*aten legal action.
The truest offense.
I can't tell my parents.
Just remember...
unconditional love.
That's what your parents have for you.
Confide in them, and
they will protect you.
If you want, I can be there when you do.
Thank you, Sensei.
You got this.
[VEHICLE DOORS CLOSE]
♪
Hang back. I'll deal with this.
JAG: Good afternoon.
I'm sorry. We're closed
for my lunch break.
Oh, it'll just be a moment.
We're looking for Bridger Ryan.
- I don't know who that is.
- Sorry?
I'm having a hard time hearing
you through the glass.
I don't know who that
is, and we're closed.
As in not open.
You're welcome to come
back another time.
Another time?
Okay.
♪
- [GROANS]
- No!
♪
Bridger.
Is that you, buddy?
We need to have a chat.
See, I owe you an apology
on behalf of my sister.
No need to be afraid.
♪
♪
Dhruv, no!
We need him alive
to tell us where the money is.
♪
JENNY: Okay, I got you
chicken noodle soup.
- Eat.
- I'm not hungry.
I know, but you've been planning
your dad's funeral nonstop.
You need to eat something.
What can you tell me?
You promised.
Look, Cassie, you don't need to
worry about the investigation.
You just need to get some rest.
I promise, the minute I hear anything,
I'm gonna let you know.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Hey.
- JENNY: Glad you're here.
Maybe you can get her to eat.
Come in.
Hey, I'm gonna check in with you later.
Okay.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hey.
Hi.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
♪
I'm glad you're here.
You wanna sit?
Sure.
Do you have any idea what happened?
Yeah, I think someone
was looking for me.
♪
What?
Someone like Ronald Pergman?
What? What are you saying?
It's probably nothing.
No, tell me.
Wolf Legarski's ranch.
When I was there,
I saw a box of cereal...
Cocoa Chunks.
Yeah.
I know, it sounds like nothing,
but then I remembered
I saw the same type of cereal
at this cabin Ronald might
have been hiding out at.
He's been off the grid for a long time.
Why...
I mean, why risk it? Why now?
I don't know.
- [SIGHS]
- Yeah.
Maybe I'm reaching.
I... I just... I had a feeling
at Legarski's ranch,
and I have not been able to shake it.
I'm telling you,
something is off up there.
♪
Sorry.
You have got a lot on your plate.
I just want you to know
I'm gonna pursue this.
Whatever I find, I'll tell you.
If you want me to.
[SIGHS]
♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪
You find Stone?
Not yet.
Staked out his place
and that trailer where
the Bhullars talk shop.
- He'll show.
- [DOOR OPENS]
Like I said.
Hey, D.
How you doin'?
Doin' well.
Follow me.
Where you been?
Where I been, I been handlin'
that thing you asked me to.
Mm, T-Lock.
He didn't give you anything?
No.
You took him to the hole
and he said nothing?
Okay, he asked for forgiveness.
For what?
[CHUCKLES] For his nickname.
- I don't know.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
You know what is really funny, though?
Hmm?
Is that I k*lled a man, and
then I get hassled by cops
for a m*rder that I didn't do.
♪
What m*rder's that?
That PI that drew down
on you the other night?
Yeah, her father just got k*lled.
You... You get questioned, or... ?
No.
No reason to,
and I don't know anything about that.
♪
But I do know about you, Stone.
You're a traitor.
Going to the Bhullars behind my back.
- Okay, whoa, whoa, Dietrich.
- Huh?
It's not what you think, man!
It's not what you think!
[GROANS]
Maddie, are you here?
In here, Bridger.
Your sister told us everything.
Dad?
Now, you need to tell me exactly
who was involved, who di...
♪
- Hey. Hey.
- I messed up.
I messed up so bad.
Hey, hey, hey.
- Hey.
- [SNIFFLES]
Everything's gonna be okay.
We're gonna take care of this.
How?
We'll figure something out.
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hey, you run the plates on the RV yet?
Yeah, registered to a guy
about miles out of town.
Reported stolen from a gas station.
Let's pull the gas station
surveillance video.
Already on it, but
there's something else.
What?
State compared the prints you sent in,
the ones from the coffee
cup and the key chain
from Harvey's crime scene.
- And?
- Yeah, well, they're a match.
Okay.
- Wow.
- Yeah, I know.
Hey, you really think some
kids got the drop on Harvey?
Only one way to find out.
There are two kids here
to see you in the lobby.
What are the odds?
♪
MAN: Ready when you are.
WOMAN: All right, let me just
finish up on the computer.
♪
Hey.
Um...
we need your help.
We did something wrong.
Come on. My office.
We'll sit down and talk about it.
♪
♪
♪
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
I can't believe he's gone.
If you need any help with
Kai, just say the word.
My Aunt Cathy's gonna
take him home with her.
I can't risk him being here.
Not without knowing
who did this and why.
Almost everyone I love is gone.
♪
Whoever did this, I'm gonna get them.
Whatever you need to do...
I got your back.
♪
♪
[KRIS KRISTOFFERSON'S "WHY ME" PLAYS]
♪
♪
♪ Why me, Lord ♪
♪ What have I ever done ♪
♪ To deserve even one ♪
♪ Of the pleasures I've known? ♪
♪ Tell me Lord ♪
♪ What did I ever do ♪
♪ That was worth loving you ♪
- ♪ Or the kindness you've shown? ♪
- Her eyes are so pretty.
I know. She has cute eyes.
Good morning.
Pack your bags. We'll have breakfast,
and then you'll be free
to go on your way.
[GASPS]
Okay, um, and Ronald?
He'll be there, too.
Phoebe, I was wondering if you
might want to pick some fruit
for our morning meal, hmm?
Go ahead, honey.
It's okay. I'll meet you in the garden.
♪ That I've needed you so ♪
Good.
♪ Help me, Jesus ♪
♪ My soul's in your hand ♪
♪ Why me, Lord ♪
- Hyah!
- ♪ If you think there's a way ♪
♪ I can try to repay ♪
- ♪ All I've taken from you ♪
- Would you help me in the kitchen?
One last meal?
Sure.
After you.
♪ I can show someone else ♪
- ♪ What I've been through myself ♪
- [BOTH GRUNTING]
- ♪ On my way back to you ♪
- No! No!
Aah!
You are an unfit mother!
Aah!
No!
♪ I've wasted it so ♪
♪ Help me, Jesus ♪
♪ I know what I am ♪
I'm a good mother.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪ But now that I know ♪
♪ That I've needed you so ♪
♪ Help me, Jesus ♪
♪ My soul's in your hand ♪
♪ Lord, help me, Jesus ♪
♪ I've wasted it so ♪
♪ Help me, Jesus ♪
♪ I know what I am ♪
[DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS]
Scarlet.
- We need to hurry.
- Where's Wolf?
♪ That I've needed you so ♪
We're getting out of here, okay?
I knew you would come for me.
♪ My soul's in your hand ♪
What the hell?
[GRUNTS]
♪
Aah!
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTS]
- [GRUNTS]
- Don't touch her!
♪
♪
It's over, Ronald!
[GRUNTING]
♪
Aah!
[GASPING]
[GRUNTS]
[GROANING]
You wouldn't listen!
- [SCREAMS]
- Ronald!
I tried to save you.
[SCREAMS]
[GROANING]
Aah!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
It ends now, Ronald!
No. No, no.
Aah!
♪
Oh, my God. Are you okay?
- We gotta go.
- No, not yet.
It's not over until I say it's over.
[GRUNTING]
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[BREATHING HEAVILY]
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